Inventor · Uttenreuth, DE

Ralph Oppelt

82Patents
16h-index
50Co-inventors
87Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 13, 1983 → Sep 24, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6083164A Ultrasound front-end circuit combining the transmitter and automatic transmit/receiver switch Physics 69 Expired
US5622177A Ultrasound imaging system having a reduced number of lines between the base unit and the probe Physics 55 Expired
US5603324A Duplexer including a field-effect transistor for use in an ultrasound imaging system Electricity 54 Expired
US4922204A Arrangement for operating a symmetrical radio-frequency antenna in a nuclear magnetic resonance tomography apparatus Physics 49 Expired
US5574372A Diagnostic magnetic resonance apparatus having a radio frequency shield between the radio frequency antenna and the gradient coil system Physics 35 Expired
US7522952B2 Combined positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance tomography unit Human Necessities 34 Active
US4992769A Line transformer Electricity 34 Expired
US5153517A Surface resonator for a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus Physics 31 Expired
US5260658A Detuning circuit for resonators in a nuclear magnetic resonance imaging apparatus Physics 28 Expired
US7218113B2 Magnetic resonance system and operating method for RF pulse optimization Physics 21 Expired
US7323874B2 Combined positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance tomography unit Physics 21 Expired
US5144241A Circularly polarizing RF antenna for an MRI apparatus having a C-magnet Physics 21 Expired
US6074346A Transmit/receive ultrasound front end circuit providing automatic transmit/receive switching Physics 19 Expired
US4592029A Array apparatus for reading-out a two-dimensional charge image Electricity 18 Expired
US4945321A .pi./2 power divider Electricity 18 Expired
US5200701A Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus with regulator for reducing eddy current effects Physics 16 Expired
US7221162B2 RF transmitter arrangement for an MR system, and method for determining a setting parameter therefor Physics 13 Expired
US6269052A Transmitting/receiving circuit and transmitting/receiving method for a transducer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Expired
US4841249A Truncated cone shaped surface resonator for nuclear magnetic resonance tomography Physics 11 Expired
US5144239A Circularly polarizing RF antenna for an MRI apparatus Physics 10 Expired
US5724312A Ultrasound transducer head with integrated variable-gain amplifier devices Electricity 10 Expired
US6573788B2 Amplifier device with frequency-response-compensating amplifier reactance, and use of the amplifier device Electricity 10 Expired
US7834628B2 Arrangement to transmit magnetic resonance signals via multiplexed multiplexer reception branches Physics 9 Active
US8055196B2 Arrangement to transmit magnetic resonance signals Physics 9 Active
US6954666B2 Method for local reduction of the operating noise produced by a medical diagnostic or therapy device, and medical diagnostic or therapy device having a device for implementing such a method Human Necessities 8 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.