Inventor · Raleigh, NC, US

Joseph A. Izatt

88Patents
28h-index
75Co-inventors
91Inventor score

Filing activity: Jan 22, 1991 → May 11, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6002480A Depth-resolved spectroscopic optical coherence tomography Physics 376 Expired
US6200266A Method and apparatus for ultrasound imaging using acoustic impedance reconstruction Physics 263 Expired
US5994690A Image enhancement in optical coherence tomography using deconvolution Physics 263 Expired
US6564089B2 Optical imaging device Physics 225 Expired
US6006128A Doppler flow imaging using optical coherence tomography Physics 205 Expired
US7061622B2 Aspects of basic OCT engine technologies for high speed optical coherence tomography and light source and other improvements in optical coherence tomography Human Necessities 193 Expired
US7075658B2 Method for optical coherence tomography imaging with molecular contrast Physics 171 Expired
US7336366B2 Methods and systems for reducing complex conjugate ambiguity in interferometric data Physics 165 Active
US7072047B2 Method and system for quantitative image correction for optical coherence tomography Physics 156 Expired
US7019838B2 System and method for low coherence broadband quadrature interferometry Physics 149 Expired
US6615072B1 Optical imaging device Physics 129 Expired
US5312396A Pulsed laser system for the surgical removal of tissue Human Necessities 127 Expired
US7006232B2 Phase-referenced doppler optical coherence tomography Physics 120 Expired
US7633627B2 Methods, systems and computer program products for characterizing structures based on interferometric phase data Physics 108 Active
US6657727B1 Interferometers for optical coherence domain reflectometry and optical coherence tomography using nonreciprocal optical elements Physics 96 Expired
US7545504B2 Imaging systems using unpolarized light and related methods and controllers Physics 86 Active
US7602500B2 Optical coherence imaging systems having a reduced effective linewidth and methods of using the same Physics 57 Active
US6775007B2 Frequency-encoded parallel OCT and associated systems and methods Physics 49 Expired
US8348427B2 Systems for extended depth fourier domain optical coherence tomography (FDOCT) and related methods Physics 46 Active
US8421855B2 Optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging systems for use in pediatric ophthalmic applications and related methods and computer program products Physics 40 Active
US7869663B2 Methods, systems and computer program products for analyzing three dimensional data sets obtained from a sample Physics 38 Active
US8625104B2 Systems for comprehensive fourier domain optical coherence tomography (FDOCT) and related methods Physics 38 Active
US7102756B2 Interferometers for optical coherence tomography and reflectometry Physics 36 Expired
US8064989B2 Portable optical coherence tomography (OCT) devices and related systems Physics 36 Active
US7830525B2 Optical coherence imaging systems having a mechanism for shifting focus and scanning modality and related adapters Human Necessities 35 Active

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