Patent ID: 9314218
Filing Date: 2016-04-19
CPC Classification: A61B,G01N,G01T

Claim Text:
1. An integrated microtomography and optical imaging system, comprising: an imaging chamber adapted to contain a separate imaging object therewithin; a rotating table located within the imaging chamber and comprising a surface configured to directly contact and support the separate imaging object so that a length of a body of the object extends in a plane defined by the surface of the rotating table, wherein the rotating table is further adapted to rotate the imaging object about an axis extending through the object in a direction orthogonal to the plane defined by the surface, to a plurality of different rotational positions during a combined microtomography and optical imaging process; an optical imaging system located within or about the imaging chamber, said optical imaging system comprising: a microtomography imaging system located within or about the imaging chamber and configured to obtain x-ray images of the imaging object while the imaging object is in direct contact with the surface of the rotating table, said microtomography imaging system comprising an x-ray source and one or more x-ray sensors adapted to receive x-rays from the x-ray source, wherein the x-ray source is oriented so that x-rays generated by the x-ray source propagate in a direction parallel to the plane defined by the surface, and wherein the optical images and the x-ray images are both obtained while the imaging object remains within the imaging chamber.