Stirling Dodd

Stirling S. Dodd is a U.S. physicist and Ultrasound Engineer. He has worked at Philips Ultrasound since 2005 where he is an R&D manager.

Dodd was trained at Reed College (B.A., 1990) and The University of Texas at Austin (Ph.D., 1995). His doctoral work ("Sonar Imaging of Elastic Fluid-Filled Cylindrical Shells") was supervised by Dr. Tom Griffy and Dr. Charles Loeffler with assistance from Dr. Philip Marston Washington State University and Dr. Greg Kaduchak Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Dodd began his career in Ultrasound in 1996 with Acuson Computed Sonography, working on the Aspen Echocardiography system. In 1999, Dodd moved to Siemens Ultrasound working on the Antares Ultrasound system. Most recently, Dodd has been ACTIVE within Philips Ultrasound Research and Development.

Dodd has several US patents to his credit: 6,221,018 Medical ultrasonic diagnostic imaging method and apparatus; 6,193,659 Medical ultrasonic diagnostic imaging method and apparatus; 5,971,928 Diagnostic medical ultrasonic system and method for image subtraction; 5,913,823 Ultrasound imaging method and system for transmit signal generation for an ultrasonic imaging system capable of harmonic imaging; 5,833,614 Ultrasonic imaging method and apparatus for generating pulse width modulated waveforms with reduced harmonic response

Dodd is also an alumni of the Research Science Institute (RSI), class of 1985.