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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6714344 | Reducing output noise in a ballast-powered semiconductor optical amplifier A ballast-powered semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) apparatus and related methods are described. The SOA comprises a signal waveguide for guiding an optical signal along a signal path, and further comprises one or more ballast lasers positioned with respect to t... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6701341 | Scalable real-time ultrasound information processing system An ultrasound information processing system is disclosed in which ultrasound image data is packetized into ultrasound information packets and routed to one or more of a plurality of processors for performing image processing operations on the ultrasound i... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6690767 | Prototile motif for anti-scatter grids A shielding grid constructed of a radiation absorbing material for use with an array of discreet, non contiguous radiation sensors to protect such sensors from scattered radiation. The sensors each have a radiation sensitive area with a width and a length... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6638313 | Document stream operating system A document stream operating system and method is disclosed in which: (1) documents are stored in one or more chronologically ordered streams; (2) the location and nature of file storage is transparent to the user; (3) information is organized as needed in... | 10/28/2003 |
| 4745550 | Processing of oriented patterns Disclosed are a method and a system for processing patterns such as oriented patterns, to derive constituents which are more useful than the original patterns. For example, an oriented pattern such as a seismic section can be decomposed into a flow field,... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4473452 | Electrophoresis using alternating transverse electric fields Disclosed are an apparatus for and a method of electrophoretically separating particles by electric fields which are transverse to each other, which alternate between respective high and low intensities out of phase with each other at a frequency related ... | 09/25/1984 |
| 3969705 | Spectrum analyzer having means for transient signal analysis A spectrum analyzer including a device for analyzing signals whose time duration is short as compared to the normal sampling rate of the spectrum analyzer. A transient signal, or a small portion of any analog signal, is sampled at a sampling rate which is... | 07/13/1976 |
