Inventor · Los Altos, CA, US

Brian P. Wilfley

45Patents
8h-index
51Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 25, 1986 → Mar 7, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8160690B2 System and method for determining electrode-tissue contact based on amplitude modulation of sensed signal Human Necessities 297 Active
US6183139A X-ray scanning method and apparatus Electricity 82 Expired
US7426260B2 Polychronic digital radiography detector with patterned mask for single-exposure energy-sensitive X-ray imaging Physics 27 Expired
US8489184B2 System and method for determining electrode-tissue contact based on amplitude modulation of sensed signal Human Necessities 24 Active
US8520800B2 Method and apparatus for radiation resistant imaging Human Necessities 20 Active
US8545517B2 Systems and methods for improving follicular unit harvesting Physics 12 Active
US8543180B2 Method and apparatus for total hemoglobin measurement Physics 12 Active
US5214383A MRI apparatus with external magnetic field compensation Physics 9 Expired
US8433384B2 Method and apparatus for cerebral oximetry Physics 8 Active
US10607802B2 Three-dimensional beam forming X-ray source Electricity 7 Active
US8509380B2 Inverse geometry volume computed tomography systems Electricity 7 Active
US6773160B2 Phosphor imaging plate and cassette handling system Physics 6 Expired
US8594272B2 Inverse geometry volume computed tomography systems Electricity 6 Active
US4891594A Method of optimizing flip angles in MRI for unequal delay times Physics 6 Expired
US9186112B2 Tissue oximetry probe geometry for robust calibration and self-correction Human Necessities 6 Active
US9888872B2 Tissue oximetry probe geometry for robust calibration and self-correction Human Necessities 5 Active
US6700131B2 Systems for detecting and compensating for image artifacts while scanning an imagine plate Physics 5 Expired
US8204174B2 Systems and methods for detecting an image of an object by use of X-ray beams generated by multiple small area sources and by use of facing sides of adjacent monochromator crystals Electricity 4 Active
US9498157B2 Robust calibration and self-correction for tissue oximetry probe Human Necessities 4 Active
US4713615A Quantization error reduction method for phase encode gradient in NMR imaging Physics 3 Expired
US11779238B2 Implantable sensors for vascular monitoring Human Necessities 3 Active
US9214311B2 Method and apparatus for transmission of fluorescence X-ray radiation using a multilayer X-ray target Electricity 2 Active
US8269964B2 Photon measurement method and apparatus Human Necessities 2 Active
US9125570B2 Real-time tomosynthesis guidance for radiation therapy Human Necessities 2 Active
US11672491B2 Validation of therapeutic radiation treatment Human Necessities 2 Active

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