Alan C. Nelson
38Patents
22h-index
28Co-inventors
85Inventor score
Filing activity: Jun 5, 1974 → Dec 12, 2022
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6519355B2 | Optical projection imaging system and method for automatically detecting cells having nuclear and cytoplasmic densitometric features associated with disease | Physics | 186 | Expired |
| US6636623B2 | Optical projection imaging system and method for automatically detecting cells with molecular marker compartmentalization associated with malignancy and disease | Physics | 145 | Expired |
| US7738945B2 | Method and apparatus for pseudo-projection formation for optical tomography | Physics | 132 | Active |
| US6697508B2 | Tomographic reconstruction of small objects using a priori knowledge | Physics | 112 | Expired |
| US6741730B2 | Method and apparatus for three-dimensional imaging in the fourier domain | Physics | 94 | Expired |
| US6770893B2 | Method and apparatus for emission computed tomography using temporal signatures | Physics | 89 | Expired |
| US6252979A | Interactive method and apparatus for sorting biological specimens | Physics | 71 | Expired |
| US7080324B1 | Control for a graphical user interface supporting coupled variables and method of operation thereof | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 56 | Expired |
| US6522775B2 | Apparatus and method for imaging small objects in a flow stream using optical tomography | Physics | 52 | Expired |
| US6944322B2 | Optical tomography of small objects using parallel ray illumination and post-specimen optical magnification | Physics | 52 | Expired |
| US6122397A | Method and apparatus for maskless semiconductor and liquid crystal display inspection | Physics | 47 | Expired |
| US5627908A | Method for cytological system dynamic normalization | Physics | 41 | Expired |
| US4720633A | Scanning electron microscope for visualization of wet samples | Electricity | 40 | Expired |
| US7260253B2 | Method for correction of relative object-detector motion between successive views | Physics | 36 | Expired |
| US5402460A | Three-dimensional microtomographic analysis system | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 35 | Expired |
| US5797130A | Method for testing proficiency in screening images of biological slides | Physics | 31 | Expired |
| US7542597B2 | Method for correction of relative object-detector motion between successive views | Physics | 30 | Active |
| US7197355B2 | Variable-motion optical tomography of small objects | Physics | 29 | Expired |
| US7907765B2 | Focal plane tracking for optical microtomography | Physics | 26 | Active |
| US5787188A | Method for identifying normal biomedical specimens | Physics | 25 | Expired |
| US5799101A | Method and apparatus for highly efficient computer aided screening | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 22 | Expired |
| US7811825B2 | System and method for processing specimens and images for optical tomography | Physics | 22 | Active |
| US6591003B2 | Optical tomography of small moving objects using time delay and integration imaging | Physics | 20 | Expired |
| US8143600B2 | 3D imaging of live cells with ultraviolet radiation | Physics | 17 | Active |
| US8368035B2 | 3D imaging of live cells with ultraviolet radiation | Physics | 10 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.