Patent ID: 8746973
Filing Date: 2014-06-10
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An imaging apparatus comprising: a gantry configured to be mounted on a mobile support structure and shaped to surround a central opening, wherein the gantry has a gantry structure, and wherein the gantry structure encloses a gantry cavity; a rotor assembly configured to move within the gantry cavity and around a central axis of the central opening; a source secured to the rotor assembly and within the gantry cavity; and a detector secured to the rotor assembly and within the gantry cavity, wherein the detector is configured to detect an emission from the source, wherein, during a scanning process of a patient, the gantry is configured to scan the patient via the source and the detector, and wherein the gantry is configured to tilt, relative to the mobile support structure and during the scan of the patient, to rotate the central axis from a horizontal position to a vertical position.