G01S 15/8997
Using synthetic aperture techniques
Official title: {using synthetic aperture techniques}
G01S15/8997 (Using synthetic aperture techniques) appears on 260 US grants and 272 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01S- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Multiple aperture ultrasound imaging systems and methods22 Sep 2026US 12,740,759 B2Maui Imaging, Inc.
- Systems and methods of sparse orthogonal diverging wave ultrasound imaging25 Aug 2026US 12,717,028 B2Daxsonics Ultrasound Inc.
- Machine-learning augmented synthetic aperture sonar30 Jun 2026US 12,669,605 B2Avathon, Inc.
- Coherent spread-spectrum coded waveforms in synthetic aperture image formation26 May 2026US 12,635,976 B2Decision Sciences International Corporation
- Point source transmission and speed-of-sound correction using multi-aperture ultrasound imaging26 May 2026US 12,635,989 B2Maui Imaging, Inc.
- Adaptive ultrasound beamforming23 Jul 2026US 2026/0211111 A1University of Leeds
- Sparse synthetic aperture ultrasound methods and systems4 Jun 2026US 2026/0153620 A1Decision Sciences Medical Company, LLC
- Ultrasound imaging using apparent point-source transmit transducer14 May 2026US 2026/0130647 A1Maui Imaging, Inc.
- Determining material stiffness using multiple aperture ultrasound7 May 2026US 2026/0123917 A1Maui Imaging, Inc.
- Spatial compounded harmonic imaging for medical ultrasound applications29 Jan 2026US 2026/0029519 A1Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Synthetic aperture ultrasound imaging system234US 5,465,722 A1995
- Method and apparatus for applying synthetic aperture focusing techniques to a catheter based system for high frequency ultrasound imaging of small vessels203US 5,186,177 AGeneral Electric Company · 1993
- Method and apparatus for beamformer system with variable aperture159US 5,617,862 AAcuson Corporation · 1997
- Beamforming method, measurement and imaging instruments, and communication instruments152US 10,624,612 B2Chikayoshi SUMI · 2020
- Synthetic aperture ultrasonic imaging system using a minimum or reduced redundancy phased array150US 5,278,757 AThe Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · 1994