Inventor
HATFIELD WILLIAM THOMAS
US22 patents
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GEN ELECTRIC
19 patentsUS6186949B1Feb 13, 2001
Method and apparatus for three-dimensional flow imaging using coded excitation
GEN ELECTRIC133 citations98
US5934288AAug 10, 1999
Method and apparatus for displaying 3D ultrasound data using three modes of operation
GEN ELECTRIC490 citations98
US5779641AJul 14, 1998
Method and apparatus for three-dimensional ultrasound imaging by projecting filtered pixel data
GEN ELECTRIC108 citations98
US6413219B1Jul 2, 2002
Three-dimensional ultrasound data display using multiple cut planes
GEN ELECTRIC88 citations96
US6155978ADec 5, 2000
Three-dimensional imaging by projecting morphologically filtered pixel data
GEN ELECTRIC54 citations96
US5853367ADec 29, 1998
Task-interface and communications system and method for ultrasound imager control
GEN ELECTRIC239 citations96
US6789427B2Sep 14, 2004
Phased array ultrasonic inspection method for industrial applications
GEN ELECTRIC105 citations95
US6106470AAug 22, 2000
Method and appartus for calculating distance between ultrasound images using sum of absolute differences
GEN ELECTRIC48 citations95
US6102861AAug 15, 2000
Method and apparatus for three-dimensional ultrasound imaging using surface-enhanced volume rendering
GEN ELECTRIC57 citations95
US5920830AJul 6, 1999
Methods and apparatus for generating test vectors and validating ASIC designs
GEN ELECTRIC68 citations95
US6102864AAug 15, 2000
Three-dimensional ultrasound imaging of velocity and power data using average or median pixel projections
GEN ELECTRIC71 citations94
US5904653AMay 18, 1999
Method and apparatus for three-dimensional ultrasound imaging combining intensity data with color flow velocity or power data
GEN ELECTRIC76 citations94
US5899863AMay 4, 1999
Method and apparatus for segmenting B-mode intensity data using doppler shift data in three-dimensional ultrasound imaging
GEN ELECTRIC56 citations94
US5865750AFeb 2, 1999
Method and apparatus for enhancing segmentation in three-dimensional ultrasound imaging
GEN ELECTRIC57 citations94
US5954653ASep 21, 1999
Method and apparatus for automatically enhancing contrast in projected ultrasound image
GEN ELECTRIC62 citations93
US6102858AAug 15, 2000
Method and apparatus for three-dimensional ultrasound imaging using contrast agents and harmonic echoes
GEN ELECTRIC35 citations92
US7053784B2May 30, 2006
System and method for monitoring alignment of a signal lamp
GEN ELECTRIC20 citations91
US6126603AOct 3, 2000
Method and apparatus for segmenting color flow mode data using velocity information in three-dimensional ultrasound imaging
GEN ELECTRIC26 citations91
US6306092B1Oct 23, 2001
Method and apparatus for calibrating rotational offsets in ultrasound transducer scans
GEN ELECTRIC16 citations83
(unassigned)
3 patentsUS6048312AApr 11, 2000
Method and apparatus for three-dimensional ultrasound imaging of biopsy needle
174 citations97
US6012458AJan 11, 2000
Method and apparatus for tracking scan plane motion in free-hand three-dimensional ultrasound scanning using adaptive speckle correlation
62 citations96
US6048311AApr 11, 2000
Method and apparatus for ultrasound imaging using adaptive gray mapping
14 citations71