Inventor · Redmond, WA, US

Alan C. Nelson

38Patents
22h-index
28Co-inventors
85Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 5, 1974 → Dec 12, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
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

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