Inventor
SHI WILLIAM TAO
US32 patents
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KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS NV
27 patentsUS11141179B2Oct 12, 2021
Setting of sonothromobolysis ultrasound output power
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS NV9 citations78
US10130330B2Nov 20, 2018
Ultrasonic tracking of ultrasound transducer(s) aboard an interventional tool
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS NV2 citations73
US10034658B2Jul 31, 2018
Consistent sequential ultrasound acquisitions for intra-cranial monitoring
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS NV3 citations73
US9585628B2Mar 7, 2017
Ultrasonic tracking of ultrasound transducer(s) aboard an interventional tool
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS NV3 citations73
US11259781B2Mar 1, 2022
Adaptive pulsing for sonothrombolysis treatment
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS NV2 citations71
US10213184B2Feb 26, 2019
Ultrasound head frame for emergency medical services
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS NV4 citations64
US12193871B2Jan 14, 2025
Temporal mapping of thermal ablation areas
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS NV1 citations63
US11337673B2May 24, 2022
Using reflected shear waves for monitoring lesion growth in thermal ablations
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS NV0 citations61
US12462381B2Nov 4, 2025
Systems and methods for color mappings of contrast images
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS NV0 citations59
US11950958B2Apr 9, 2024
Adaptive pulsing for sonothrombolysis treatment
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS NV0 citations57
US11284910B2Mar 29, 2022
Interleaved beam pattern for sonothhrombolysis and other vascular acoustic resonator mediated therapies
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS NV0 citations53
US11832866B2Dec 5, 2023
System and method for adaptive ablation and therapy based on elastography monitoring
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS NV0 citations52
US12508000B2Dec 30, 2025
Systems and methods for finding hepato-renal indices
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS NV0 citations51
US12245890B2Mar 11, 2025
Apparatuses, systems and methods for providing acquisition feedback
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS NV0 citations51
US11766244B2Sep 26, 2023
Shear wave amplitude reconstruction for tissue elasticity monitoring and display
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS NV0 citations51
US11647991B2May 16, 2023
Synthetic transmit focusing ultrasound system with speed of sound mapping
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS NV0 citations51
US11540810B2Jan 3, 2023
Shear wave amplitude reconstruction for tissue elasticity monitoring and display
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS NV0 citations51
US10960194B2Mar 30, 2021
Transducer placement and registration for image-guided sonothrombolysis
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS NV0 citations51
US12478348B2Nov 25, 2025
Systems and methods for vascular imaging
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS NV0 citations50
US12193880B2Jan 14, 2025
Microbubble-based contrast imaging using phase shift systems and methods
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS NV0 citations50
US12178654B2Dec 31, 2024
Ultrasonic imaging of acoustic attenuation coefficients with elevation compounding
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS NV0 citations50
US12564381B2Mar 3, 2026
Systems and methods for contrast enhanced imaging
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS NV0 citations49
US12551187B2Feb 17, 2026
Systems and methods of providing user guidance for acquiring hepato-renal index measurements
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS NV0 citations47
US12524993B2Jan 13, 2026
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for identifying inhomogeneous liver fat
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS NV0 citations45
US10660615B2May 26, 2020
Patient-specific ultrasound thermal strain-to-temperature calibration
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS NV0 citations41
US10346989B2Jul 9, 2019
Method and system for calculating a displacement of an object of interest
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS NV0 citations41
US10258313B2Apr 16, 2019
Microbubble signal based temporal-bone thickness compensation for sonothrombolysis
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS NV0 citations41