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William Thomas Hatfield
Also filed as: HATFIELD WILLIAM · HATFIELD WILLIAM T · HATFIELD WILLIAM THOMAS
27 granted patents·1 pending application·2,554 citations·filing 1986–2004
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28 records- 0196US6102864AThree-dimensional ultrasound imaging of velocity and power data using average or median pixel projectionsGEN ELECTRIC·Filed 1998·Granted Aug 15, 2000·71 cites·26 claims
- 0296US5934288AMethod and apparatus for displaying 3D ultrasound data using three modes of operationGEN ELECTRIC·Filed 1998·Granted Aug 10, 1999·490 cites·20 claims
- 0393US6106470AMethod and appartus for calculating distance between ultrasound images using sum of absolute differencesGEN ELECTRIC·Filed 1999·Granted Aug 22, 2000·48 cites·30 claims
- 0492US5853367ATask-interface and communications system and method for ultrasound imager controlGEN ELECTRIC·Filed 1997·Granted Dec 29, 1998·239 cites·20 claims
- 0591US4737953ALocal area network bridgeGEN ELECTRIC·Filed 1986·Granted Apr 12, 1988·132 cites·16 claims
- 0691US4715030ALocal area network bridgeGEN ELECTRIC·Filed 1986·Granted Dec 22, 1987·135 cites·24 claims
- 0790US6789427B2Phased array ultrasonic inspection method for industrial applicationsGEN ELECTRIC·Filed 2002·Granted Sep 14, 2004·105 cites·12 claims
- 0889US6048312AMethod and apparatus for three-dimensional ultrasound imaging of biopsy needleFiled 1998·Granted Apr 11, 2000·174 cites·36 claims
- 0988US5920830AMethods and apparatus for generating test vectors and validating ASIC designsGEN ELECTRIC·Filed 1997·Granted Jul 6, 1999·68 cites·23 claims
- 1087US6186949B1Method and apparatus for three-dimensional flow imaging using coded excitationGEN ELECTRIC·Filed 1999·Granted Feb 13, 2001·133 cites·40 claims
- 1183US5779641AMethod and apparatus for three-dimensional ultrasound imaging by projecting filtered pixel dataGEN ELECTRIC·Filed 1997·Granted Jul 14, 1998·108 cites·18 claims
- 1278US6155978AThree-dimensional imaging by projecting morphologically filtered pixel dataGEN ELECTRIC·Filed 1998·Granted Dec 5, 2000·54 cites·27 claims
- 1376US5899863AMethod and apparatus for segmenting B-mode intensity data using doppler shift data in three-dimensional ultrasound imagingGEN ELECTRIC·Filed 1997·Granted May 4, 1999·56 cites·26 claims
- 1475US6413219B1Three-dimensional ultrasound data display using multiple cut planesGEN ELECTRIC·Filed 2000·Granted Jul 2, 2002·88 cites·21 claims
- 1575US6012458AMethod and apparatus for tracking scan plane motion in free-hand three-dimensional ultrasound scanning using adaptive speckle correlationFiled 1998·Granted Jan 11, 2000·62 cites·23 claims
- 1674US5904653AMethod and apparatus for three-dimensional ultrasound imaging combining intensity data with color flow velocity or power dataGEN ELECTRIC·Filed 1997·Granted May 18, 1999·76 cites·20 claims
- 1772US5840032AMethod and apparatus for three-dimensional ultrasound imaging using transducer array having uniform elevation beamwidthGEN ELECTRIC·Filed 1997·Granted Nov 24, 1998·191 cites·20 claims
- 1870US7098774B2Method and apparatus for monitoring and controlling warning systemsGEN ELECTRIC·Filed 2002·Granted Aug 29, 2006·23 cites·37 claims
- 1967US6102861AMethod and apparatus for three-dimensional ultrasound imaging using surface-enhanced volume renderingGEN ELECTRIC·Filed 1999·Granted Aug 15, 2000·57 cites·20 claims
- 2066US5954653AMethod and apparatus for automatically enhancing contrast in projected ultrasound imageGEN ELECTRIC·Filed 1997·Granted Sep 21, 1999·62 cites·20 claims
- 2162US7053784B2System and method for monitoring alignment of a signal lampGEN ELECTRIC·Filed 2004·Granted May 30, 2006·20 cites·37 claims
- 2256US6102858AMethod and apparatus for three-dimensional ultrasound imaging using contrast agents and harmonic echoesGEN ELECTRIC·Filed 1998·Granted Aug 15, 2000·35 cites·21 claims
- 2349US5865750AMethod and apparatus for enhancing segmentation in three-dimensional ultrasound imagingGEN ELECTRIC·Filed 1997·Granted Feb 2, 1999·57 cites·18 claims
- 2446US5257178AMethod of optimally operating a computer numerical control milling machine to mill optimal high density interconnect substratesGEN ELECTRIC·Filed 1991·Granted Oct 26, 1993·14 cites·8 claims
- 2540US6306092B1Method and apparatus for calibrating rotational offsets in ultrasound transducer scansGEN ELECTRIC·Filed 1999·Granted Oct 23, 2001·16 cites·18 claims
- 2638US6126603AMethod and apparatus for segmenting color flow mode data using velocity information in three-dimensional ultrasound imagingGEN ELECTRIC·Filed 1997·Granted Oct 3, 2000·26 cites·11 claims
- 2736US2005231376A1Lighting system condition monitoring method and systemHATFIELD WILLIAM T·Filed 2004·Application pending·0 cites
- 2835US6048311AMethod and apparatus for ultrasound imaging using adaptive gray mappingFiled 1998·Granted Apr 11, 2000·14 cites·26 claims
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