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James F. Greenleaf
Also filed as: GREENLEAF JAMES E · GREENLEAF JAMES F · GREENLEAF JAMES FOWLER · Greenleaf James
41 granted patents·6 pending applications·989 citations·filing 1976–2022
98Inventor score
Files withMAYO FOUNDATION19MAYO FOUND MEDICAL EDUCATION & RES12GREENLEAF JAMES F6AMADOR CARRASCAL CAROLINA1CHEN SHIGAO1
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47 records- 0199US4105018AAcoustic examination, material characterization and imaging of the internal structure of a body by measurement of the time-of-flight of acoustic energy therethroughUNIV UTAH·Filed 1976·Granted Aug 8, 1978·212 cites·30 claims
- 0293US11672508B2System and method for shear wave elastography by transmitting ultrasound with subgroups of ultrasound transducer elementsMAYO FOUND MEDICAL EDUCATION & RES·Filed 2021·Granted Jun 13, 2023·2 cites·12 claims
- 0390US7753847B2Ultrasound vibrometryMAYO FOUNDATION·Filed 2006·Granted Jul 13, 2010·76 cites·19 claims
- 0490US5921928AAcoustic force generation by amplitude modulating a sonic beamMAYO FOUNDATION·Filed 1997·Granted Jul 13, 1999·110 cites·12 claims
- 0588US7987718B2Vibroacoustic system for vibration testingMAYO FOUNDATION·Filed 2005·Granted Aug 2, 2011·14 cites·19 claims
- 0686US8602994B2Method for ultrasound vibrometry using orthogonal basis functionsZHENG YI·Filed 2010·Granted Dec 10, 2013·15 cites·15 claims
- 0783US5720708AHigh frame rate imaging with limited diffraction beamsMAYO FOUNDATION·Filed 1997·Granted Feb 24, 1998·110 cites·16 claims
- 0882US5903516AAcoustic force generator for detection, imaging and information transmission using the beat signal of multiple intersecting sonic beamsMAYO FOUNDATION·Filed 1996·Granted May 11, 1999·112 cites·27 claims
- 0980US11172910B2Ultrasound vibrometry with unfocused ultrasoundGREENLEAF JAMES F·Filed 2012·Granted Nov 16, 2021·4 cites·10 claims
- 1080US10779799B2Method for ultrasound elastography through continuous vibration of an ultrasound transducerMAYO FOUND MEDICAL EDUCATION & RES·Filed 2015·Granted Sep 22, 2020·5 cites·14 claims
- 1179US4658827AUltrasound scanner for tissue characterizationMAYO MEDICAL RESOURCES·Filed 1985·Granted Apr 21, 1987·43 cites·14 claims
- 1276US9622711B2System and method for measurement of shear wave speed from multi-directional wave fieldsMAYO FOUNDATION·Filed 2014·Granted Apr 18, 2017·6 cites·29 claims
- 1374US5991239AConfocal acoustic force generatorMAYO FOUNDATION·Filed 1997·Granted Nov 23, 1999·75 cites·10 claims
- 1473US7713201B2Method and apparatus for shear property characterization from resonance induced by oscillatory radiation forceMAYO FOUNDATION·Filed 2004·Granted May 11, 2010·11 cites·24 claims
- 1572US8734350B2System and method for correcting errors in shear wave measurements arising from ultrasound beam geometryGREENLEAF JAMES F·Filed 2012·Granted May 27, 2014·5 cites·13 claims
- 1670US6511429B1Ultrasonic methods and systems for reducing fetal stimulationMAYO FOUNDATION·Filed 2000·Granted Jan 28, 2003·52 cites·12 claims
- 1769US6984211B2Detection of tumor halos in ultrasound imagesMAYO FOUNDATION·Filed 2004·Granted Jan 10, 2006·20 cites·15 claims
- 1868US11224409B2Shear wave group velocity estimation using spatiotemporal peaks and amplitude thresholdingMAYO FOUND MEDICAL EDUCATION & RES·Filed 2017·Granted Jan 18, 2022·1 cites·35 claims
- 1968US8076117B2Microbial biofilm removal methods and systemsTRAMPUZ ANDREJ·Filed 2005·Granted Dec 13, 2011·5 cites·7 claims
- 2066US9237878B2Generation and assessment of shear waves in elasticity imagingMAYO FOUNDATION·Filed 2013·Granted Jan 19, 2016·3 cites·18 claims
- 2165US4598973AApparatus and method for recording and displaying a three-dimensional imageGREENLEAF JAMES F·Filed 1984·Granted Jul 8, 1986·21 cites·15 claims
- 2263US5081995AUltrasonic nondiffracting transducerMAYO FOUNDATION·Filed 1990·Granted Jan 21, 1992·29 cites·7 claims
- 2362US7785259B2Detection of motion in vibro-acoustographyMAYO FOUNDATION·Filed 2004·Granted Aug 31, 2010·26 cites·15 claims
- 2461US9642600B2Shear wave attenuation from k-space analysis systemMAYO FOUNDATION·Filed 2013·Granted May 9, 2017·2 cites·22 claims
- 2560US12478347B2Non-metallic ultrasound-detectable markersMAYO FOUND MEDICAL EDUCATION & RES·Filed 2020·Granted Nov 25, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
- 2660US12352855B2Time-aligned plane wave compounding of ultrasound dataMAYO FOUND MEDICAL EDUCATION & RES·Filed 2021·Granted Jul 8, 2025·0 cites·25 claims
- 2760US11058398B2System and method for shear wave elastography by transmitting ultrasound with subgroups of ultrasound transducer elementsMAYO FOUND MEDICAL EDUCATION & RES·Filed 2018·Granted Jul 13, 2021·0 cites·10 claims
- 2860US9125615B2System and method for non-invasive measurement of carpal tunnel pressureMAYO FOUNDATION·Filed 2013·Granted Sep 8, 2015·2 cites·16 claims
- 2960US2021369237A1Localizing Medical Instruments Using Doppler Ultrasound Twinkling Artifact SignaturesMAYO FOUND MEDICAL EDUCATION & RES·Filed 2021·Application pending·0 cites
- 3057US10624609B2System and method for shear wave elastography by transmitting ultrasound with subgroups of ultrasound transducer elementsGREENLEAF JAMES F·Filed 2013·Granted Apr 21, 2020·1 cites·8 claims
- 3154US9986973B2Method for shear wave ultrasound vibrometry with interleaved push and detection pulsesCHEN SHIGAO·Filed 2011·Granted Jun 5, 2018·2 cites·20 claims
- 3254US9044192B2System and method for non-invasively measuring tissue viscoelasticity using surface wavesGREENLEAF JAMES F·Filed 2009·Granted Jun 2, 2015·1 cites·20 claims
- 3352US8659975B2Vibration generation and detection in shear wave dispersion ultrasound vibrometry with large background motionsGREENLEAF JAMES F·Filed 2009·Granted Feb 25, 2014·2 cites·15 claims
- 3451US12372647B2Systems and methods for plane wave compounding in ultrasound imagingMAYO FOUND MEDICAL EDUCATION & RES·Filed 2022·Granted Jul 29, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
- 3551US11644440B2Shear wave elastography with ultrasound probe oscillationMAYO FOUND MEDICAL EDUCATION & RES·Filed 2018·Granted May 9, 2023·0 cites·21 claims
- 3651US5185574ANMR measurements using recursive RF excitationMAYO FOUNDATION·Filed 1991·Granted Feb 9, 1993·14 cites·13 claims
- 3748US9918698B2System and method for gradient-based k-space search for shear wave velocity dispersion estimationMAYO FOUND MEDICAL EDUCATION & RES·Filed 2017·Granted Mar 20, 2018·0 cites·16 claims
- 3848US2006236747A1Sonic activation of strain sensitive cellsMAYO FOUNDATION·Filed 2006·Application pending·0 cites
- 3948US2003078227A1Site-directed transfection with ultrasound and cavitation nucleiFiled 2002·Application pending·0 cites
- 4042US10327737B2System and method for acoustic radiation force creep-recovery and shear wave propagation elasticity imagingMAYO FOUND MEDICAL EDUCATION & RES·Filed 2014·Granted Jun 25, 2019·0 cites·13 claims
- 4140US4829430AMethod for reducing artifacts in ultrasound backscatter tomographyMAYO FOUNDATION·Filed 1987·Granted May 9, 1989·8 cites·6 claims
- 4239US12023199B2Systems and methods for ultrasound elastography with continuous transducer vibrationMAYO FOUND MEDICAL EDUCATION & RES·Filed 2016·Granted Jul 2, 2024·0 cites·5 claims
- 4339US10357226B2System and method for model-independent quantification of tissue viscoelastic properties using ultrasoundAMADOR CARRASCAL CAROLINA·Filed 2013·Granted Jul 23, 2019·0 cites·12 claims
- 4438US2017209117A1System and method for measurement of longitudinal and circumferential wave speeds in cylindrical vesselsMAYO FOUNDATION·Filed 2015·Application pending·0 cites
- 4535US9883851B2System and method for shear wave generation with steered ultrasound push beamsURBAN MATTHEW W·Filed 2015·Granted Feb 6, 2018·0 cites·20 claims
- 4633US2003153850A1Method and apparatus for image-guided therapyFiled 2003·Application pending·0 cites
- 4728US2001053384A1Site-directed transfection with ultrasound and cavitation nucleiFiled 1998·Application pending·0 cites
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