Inventor · Fremont, CA, US

Ching-Hua Chou

22Patents
15h-index
26Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 1, 1997 → Jun 22, 2018

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5873830A Ultrasound imaging system and method for improving resolution and operation Physics 159 Expired
US8002705B1 Continuous transmit focusing method and apparatus for ultrasound imaging system Physics 97 Active
US6551246B1 Method and apparatus for forming medical ultrasound images Physics 91 Expired
US6309356A Method and apparatus for forming medical ultrasound images Physics 85 Expired
US7510529B2 Ultrasound reconstruction unit Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 54 Active
US7627386B2 Ultrasound imaging system parameter optimization via fuzzy logic Physics 46 Active
US8672846B2 Continuous transmit focusing method and apparatus for ultrasound imaging system Physics 43 Active
US6733455B2 System and method for adaptive clutter filtering in ultrasound color flow imaging Human Necessities 39 Expired
US6132374A Ultrasonic imaging method and system Physics 33 Expired
US6866632B1 Adaptive receive aperture for ultrasound image reconstruction Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 30 Expired
US8784318B1 Aberration correction using channel data in ultrasound imaging system Physics 25 Active
US8357094B2 Ultrasound imaging system parameter optimization via fuzzy logic Physics 20 Active
US6277073A Medical diagnostic ultrasound imaging method and system using simultaneously transmitted ultrasound beams Physics 19 Expired
US6358205B1 Medical diagnostic ultrasonic imaging system with adaptive front-end gain and adaptive transmitter gain Physics 18 Expired
US6997876B2 Ultrasound clutter filtering with iterative high pass filter selection Human Necessities 16 Expired
US9060669B1 System and method for providing variable ultrasound array processing in a post-storage mode Human Necessities 13 Active
US6312386A Medical ultrasound imaging system with composite delay profile Physics 12 Expired
US7087020B2 Ultrasound image reconstruction with receive aperture control Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Expired
US9901323B2 Aberration correction using channel data in ultrasound imaging system Physics 2 Active
US9198636B2 Continuous transmit focusing method and apparatus for ultrasound imaging system Physics 1 Active
US11103221B2 System and method for providing variable ultrasound array processing in a post-storage mode Human Necessities 0 Active
US10085724B2 System and method for providing variable ultrasound array processing in a post-storage mode Human Necessities 0 Active

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