EUGENE A.;POWELL, ROBERT;STANTON, RUSSELL;GREGERSON, EUGENE A.;CONNOR, MICHAEL;SEBRING, PAUL;GREGERSON;ALLEN, MICHAEL
发明人:
GREGERSON, EUGENE A.,STANTON, RUSSELL,CONNOR, MICHAEL,SEBRING, PAUL,ALLEN, MICHAEL,POWELL, ROBERT
申请号:
EP13804681
公开号:
EP2861148A4
申请日:
2013.06.13
申请国别(地区):
EP
年份:
2016
代理人:
摘要:
An imaging system and methods including a gantry defining a bore and an imaging axis extending through the bore, and at least one support member that supports the gantry such that the imaging axis has a generally vertical orientation, where the gantry is displaceable with respect to the at least one support member in a generally vertical direction. The imaging system may be configured to obtain a vertical imaging scan (e.g., a helical x-ray CT scan), of a patient in a weight-bearing position. The gantry may be rotatable between a first position, in which the gantry is supported such that the imaging axis has a generally vertical orientation, and a second position, such that the imaging axis has a generally horizontal orientation. The gantry may be displaceable in a horizontal direction and the system may perform a horizontal scan of a patient or object positioned within the bore.