Inventor · Burlingame, CA, US

Charles E. Bradley

22Patents
13h-index
31Co-inventors
77Inventor score

Filing activity: Jan 22, 1998 → Jun 29, 2012

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6551246B1 Method and apparatus for forming medical ultrasound images Physics 91 Expired
US6309356A Method and apparatus for forming medical ultrasound images Physics 85 Expired
US6364835B1 Medical diagnostic ultrasound imaging methods for extended field of view Physics 74 Expired
US6193659A Medical ultrasonic diagnostic imaging method and apparatus Physics 63 Expired
US6436046B1 Diagnostic ultrasound imaging method and system with improved frame rate Physics 62 Expired
US6527720B1 Medical ultrasonic imaging method and system for spatial compounding Physics 48 Expired
US6221018A Medical ultrasonic diagnostic imaging method and apparatus Physics 41 Expired
US6117082A Medical diagnostic ultrasound imaging system and method with fractional harmonic seed signal Physics 28 Expired
US6905467B2 Ultrasonic harmonic imaging system and method using waveform pre-distortion Physics 23 Expired
US6312379A Ultrasonic harmonic imaging system and method using waveform pre-distortion Physics 20 Expired
US6641536B2 Medical diagnostic ultrasound imaging methods for extended field of view Physics 16 Expired
US5902242A System and method for forming a combined ultrasonic image Physics 15 Expired
US7963919B2 Ultrasound imaging transducer array for synthetic aperture Physics 13 Active
US6120448A Diagnostic medical ultrasonic imaging method and system for selectively processing harmonic and fundamental image information Physics 13 Expired
US6517489B1 Method and apparatus for forming medical ultrasound images Physics 11 Expired
US6679846B2 Diagnostic ultrasound imaging method and system with improved frame rate Physics 11 Expired
US7540842B2 Diagnostic ultrasound imaging method and system with improved frame rate Physics 7 Expired
US8241216B2 Coherent image formation for dynamic transmit beamformation Physics 7 Active
US7946990B2 Ultrasound color flow imaging at high frame rates Physics 4 Active
US7713199B2 Medical diagnostic ultrasound transducer system for harmonics Physics 4 Active
US8641628B2 Aperture synthesis using cMUTs Physics 3 Active
US8690781B2 Coherent image formation for dynamic transmit beamformation Physics 1 Active

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