Patent ID: 8731634
Filing Date: 2014-05-20
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A medical imaging system for imaging a region of interest (ROI) of a patient, the imaging system comprising: an imaging modality unit having a field of view (FOV); an examination platform having a pair of opposite ends and a platform surface extending therebetween along an examination axis, the platform surface extending through the FOV; and a patient transport belt being supported by the examination platform and extending along the platform surface between the ends of the examination platform, the transport belt being movable along the platform surface into the FOV such that the transport belt is scanned by the imaging modality unit with the patient; wherein the examination platform comprises first and second platform portions and a bridge portion that extends between and joins the first and second platform portions, the bridge portion being located within the FOV of the imaging modality unit and having a fixed relationship with respect to the imaging modality unit when the transport belt moves the patient through the FOV, wherein the bridge portion has a different cross-sectional shape and comprises a different material with respect to the first and second platform portions.