Inventor · Wauwatosa, WI, US

Norbert J. Pelc

99Patents
27h-index
94Co-inventors
91Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 18, 1980 → Apr 29, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7062006B1 Computed tomography with increased field of view Physics 287 Expired
US4969174A Scanning mammography system with reduced scatter radiation Physics 134 Expired
US5005419A Method and apparatus for coherent imaging system Electricity 128 Expired
US4580219A Method for reducing image artifacts due to projection measurement inconsistencies Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 105 Expired
US4994965A Method for reducing motion induced image artifacts in projection imaging Physics 102 Expired
US4591789A Method for correcting image distortion due to gradient nonuniformity Physics 65 Expired
US4710717A Method for fast scan cine NMR imaging Physics 65 Expired
US4504908A Matched filter for X-ray temporal subtraction Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 59 Expired
US4698591A Method for magnetic field gradient eddy current compensation Physics 59 Expired
US4992736A Radio frequency receiver for a NMR instrument Physics 56 Expired
US4590558A Method and apparatus for removing objects from CT images Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 51 Expired
US4663591A Method for reducing image artifacts due to periodic signal variations in NMR imaging Physics 49 Expired
US5402067A Apparatus and method for rare echo imaging using k-space spiral coverage Physics 45 Expired
US5430783A Reconstruction method for helical scanning computed tomography apparatus with multi-row detector array employing overlapping beams Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 41 Expired
US4361901A Multiple voltage x-ray switching system Electricity 40 Expired
US8331531B2 Configurations for integrated MRI-linear accelerators Human Necessities 40 Active
US6969991B2 Correction of the effect of spatial gradient field distortions in diffusion-weighted imaging Physics 38 Expired
US6144873A Method of efficient data encoding in dynamic magnetic resonance imaging Physics 34 Expired
US7388940B1 Architectures for cardiac CT based on area x-ray sources Human Necessities 33 Active
US6856134B1 Magnetic resonance imaging with fat-water signal separation Physics 32 Expired
US6976953B1 Maintaining the alignment of electric and magnetic fields in an x-ray tube operated in a magnetic field Electricity 32 Expired
US4550371A Method and apparatus for compensating CT images for truncated projections Physics 31 Expired
US5615677A MRI tracking of cyclical motion by fourier integration of velocity Physics 30 Expired
US4952877A RF synthesizer or an NMR instrument Physics 29 Expired
US6236738A Spatiotemporal finite element method for motion analysis with velocity data Physics 29 Expired

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