Patent ID: 9687203
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. An imaging system, comprising: a gantry including a bore; a table including a portion having alignment marks; a laser having a laser housing and configured to emit a fan-shaped laser beam along an axis of the bore; and a laser alignment structure supporting the laser and mounted relative to the gantry bore so that the laser, when operated, emits the fan-shaped laser beam in a vertical (YZ) plane relative to the bore, the laser alignment structure having at least one alignment aperture arranged along the axis of the bore through which the fan-shaped laser beam passes and, when in alignment, is incident upon the alignment marks, and having an adjustment device configured to adjust a position of the laser so that the fan-shaped laser beam is aligned with the at least one alignment aperture, wherein each alignment aperture is slot-shaped to allow the fan-shaped laser beam to pass through.