Patent ID: 9717467
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: A61B,F04C

Claim:
1. An apparatus for cone beam x-ray computed tomographic imaging, the apparatus comprising: a digital x-ray radiation detector; a detector mechanism attached to the detector and configured to move the detector along a detector path, a shape of the detector path comprising a first circular arc, the detector path defining a vertical detector axis whereat at least a portion of a patient is positioned to be imaged by the apparatus; an x-ray radiation source; a source mechanism attached to the source and configured to move the source along a source path, a shape of the source path comprising a second circular arc having a gap in the source path, the source path defining a source plane and a vertical source axis, the source axis coaxial with the detector axis; and a housing comprising two opposing end surfaces defining a peripheral gap, wherein the detector mechanism comprises a frame upon which the detector is attached, the frame comprising a section shaped as a portion of a cylinder, the cylinder portion having a central axis coaxial with the detector axis and having a height greater than a height of the detector, the source mechanism integrally attached to a portion of the frame such that the source and the detector can only move simultaneously, and wherein a distance from the source path to the source axis is greater than a distance from the detector path to the detector axis.