Title:
MULTIMODALITY MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH PATIENT HANDLING ASSEMBLY
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2003032838
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
The invention comprises a system and method for handling a patient in a tomographic imaging system using a plurality of imaging devices. The imaging devices each have a bore through which a patient is translated during scanning. One or more patient support structures extend from the front of the tomographic imaging system, where the patient is initially placed, through the bores of the system. The patient is translated through the bores of the system and along the patient support structures by an actuator.
Inventors:
DESILETS MARK E
BUSKARD TIMOTHY
CARTER JOSEPH
EERDEN JACCO
WELLNITZ DONALD R
BUSKARD TIMOTHY
CARTER JOSEPH
EERDEN JACCO
WELLNITZ DONALD R
Application Number:
PCT/IB2002/004304
Publication Date:
June 17, 2004
Filing Date:
October 16, 2002
Export Citation:
Assignee:
KONINKL PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NV (NL)
International Classes:
G01R33/30; A61B5/055; A61B6/03; A61B6/04; A61B8/00; G01T1/161; (IPC1-7): A61B6/04
Foreign References:
| US5386453A | 1995-01-31 | |||
| US20010003218A1 | 2001-06-14 |
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