Patent ID: 9532757
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. A C-arm system comprising: a C-arm support assembly; a C-arm gantry coupled to the C-arm support assembly; and an x-ray source and an x-ray detector retained by the C-arm gantry, the x-ray source and the x-ray detector fixedly positioned relative to the C-arm gantry and one another during a continuous C-arm spin trajectory comprised of a plurality of short arcs and a plurality of long arcs, the C-arm gantry selectively rotatable relative to the C-arm support assembly about both a C-axis and a pivot-axis to continuously and repeatedly displace the x-ray source and the x-ray detector along a continuous C-arm spin trajectory, the C-arm system acquiring continuous x-ray data along the continuous C-arm spin trajectory to provide continuous three-dimensional imaging of dynamic processes.