Patent ID: 7611281
Filing Date: 2009-11-03
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A reconfigurable CT scanner comprising: a frame; a support mounted to the frame, the support pivotable about a pivot axis relative to the frame; a gantry mounted to the support, the gantry rotatable about a scan axis relative to the support and rotatably connected to the support at the scan axis, the scan axis orthogonal to the pivot axis, the pivot axis spaced away from the scan axis, such that rotation of the gantry about the pivot axis rotates the scan axis between a position generally parallel to a floor to a position generally transverse to the floor; an x-ray source mounted to the gantry; an x-ray detector mounted to the gantry opposite the x-ray source, the scan axis between the x-ray source and the x-ray detector; and a computer programmed to create a CT image based upon a plurality of images received from the x-ray detector at a plurality of rotational positions.