Patent ID: 7317819
Filing Date: 2008-01-08
Classification: A61B,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of creating a base-three dimensional image, comprising: receiving, at a location determination module, a plurality of distance readings and a plurality of reference readings for a subject from at least one subject sensor located in an imaging gantry, the at least one subject sensor located within the imaging gantry to provide the plurality of distance readings and the plurality of reference readings; calculating a subject location and a subject volume, relative to at least one image source and at least one image receptor, from the plurality of distance readings and the plurality of reference readings, and output the subject location and the subject volume; receiving, at a map module, the subject location and the subject volume; and creating, at the map module, a base three-dimensional map from the subject location and the subject volume by utilizing a pre-determined imaging algorithm.