Inventor · Chagrin Falls, OH, US

Michael Burl

33Patents
19h-index
25Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 15, 1979 → Jan 21, 2004

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6591128B1 MRI RF coil systems having detachable, relocatable, and or interchangeable sections and MRI imaging systems and methods employing the same Physics 183 Expired
US6171240A MRI RF catheter coil Physics 125 Expired
US6011596A Video image motion compensation using an algorithm involving at least two fields Electricity 103 Expired
US7162056B2 Systems and methods for the automated sensing of motion in a mobile robot using visual data Physics 60 Expired
US6396271B1 Tunable birdcage transmitter coil Physics 50 Expired
US4333053A Imaging systems Physics 48 Expired
US6320385A Multi-channel balun for magnetic resonance apparatus Physics 43 Expired
US5735795A Marker for magnetic resonance imaging Physics 40 Expired
US6377044B1 Multi-mode receiver coils for MRI Physics 35 Expired
US4284950A Imaging systems Physics 34 Expired
US6362622B1 Method and apparatus to embed and retrieve attribute information in magnetic resonance imaging coils Physics 33 Expired
US4355282A Nuclear magnetic resonance systems Physics 29 Expired
US6169401A Flexible open quadrature highpass ladder structure RF surface coil in magnetic resonance imaging Physics 26 Expired
US4361807A Nuclear magnetic resonance systems Physics 26 Expired
US6593744B2 Multi-channel RF cable trap for magnetic resonance apparatus Physics 25 Expired
US5940145A Method and apparatus for motion compensated image processing using two separate motion measurement techniques Electricity 22 Expired
US6211677A Lung coil for imaging hyper-polarized gas in an MRI scanner Physics 21 Expired
US4362993A Imaging systems Physics 19 Expired
US6005639A Vector assignment for video image motion compensation Physics 19 Expired
US6448770B1 Gain selection for magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy Physics 18 Expired
US6850067B1 Transmit mode coil detuning for MRI systems Physics 16 Expired
US4520828A Nuclear magnetic resonance method and apparatus Physics 16 Expired
US4449097A Nuclear magnetic resonance systems Physics 15 Expired
US6198288A High power, multiple-frequency transmit-receive switch in magnetic resonance imaging Physics 13 Expired
US6323649A Modular MRI gradient amplifier using unipolar PWM drive Physics 12 Expired

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