Inventor · Los Altos, CA, US

Donald F. Specht

54Patents
21h-index
24Co-inventors
88Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 3, 1978 → Feb 27, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4805123A Automatic photomask and reticle inspection method and apparatus including improved defect detector and alignment sub-systems Physics 227 Expired
US4271842A Apparatus and method for providing multiple ultrasonic sector image displays Human Necessities 94 Expired
US9282945B2 Calibration of ultrasound probes Physics 93 Active
US6937774B1 Apparatus and method for efficiently increasing the spatial resolution of images Physics 87 Expired
US8105239B2 Method and apparatus to visualize the coronary arteries using ultrasound Physics 82 Active
US8007439B2 Method and apparatus to produce ultrasonic images using multiple apertures Physics 47 Active
US9582876B2 Method and apparatus to visualize the coronary arteries using ultrasound Physics 47 Active
US8473239B2 Multiple aperture ultrasound array alignment fixture Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 41 Active
US8277383B2 Method and apparatus to produce ultrasonic images using multiple apertures Physics 39 Active
US9220478B2 Concave ultrasound transducers and 3D arrays Physics 34 Active
US8602993B2 Imaging with multiple aperture medical ultrasound and synchronization of add-on systems Physics 30 Active
US8684936B2 Method and apparatus to produce ultrasonic images using multiple apertures Physics 30 Active
US4241611A Ultrasonic diagnostic transducer assembly and system Physics 28 Expired
US6211971A Method and apparatus to compress multi-spectral images to a single color image for display Physics 28 Expired
US9146313B2 Point source transmission and speed-of-sound correction using multi-aperature ultrasound imaging Physics 27 Active
US9072495B2 Method and apparatus to produce ultrasonic images using multiple apertures Physics 27 Active
US9247926B2 Concave ultrasound transducers and 3D arrays Physics 26 Active
US9192355B2 Multiple aperture ultrasound array alignment fixture Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 26 Active
US9339256B2 Determining material stiffness using multiple aperture ultrasound Physics 25 Active
US4598369A Tomography apparatus and method Physics 25 Expired
US9526475B2 Point source transmission and speed-of-sound correction using multi-aperture ultrasound imaging Physics 21 Active
US9420994B2 Method and apparatus to produce ultrasonic images using multiple apertures Physics 20 Active
US9668714B2 Systems and methods for improving ultrasound image quality by applying weighting factors Physics 19 Active
US10380399B2 Ultrasound imaging systems and methods for detecting object motion Physics 17 Active
US10342518B2 Point source transmission and speed-of-sound correction using multi-aperture ultrasound imaging Physics 17 Active

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