Patent ID: 9173618
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: A61B,G01T

Abstract:
1. An imaging system comprising: a gantry having a rotor and a stator; of pair of general purpose nuclear medicine (NM) gamma detectors configured to perform NM imaging of a region of interest, the general purpose NM gamma detectors coupled to the rotor; an organ specific NM gamma detector configured to perform NM imaging of a portion of the region of interest, the organ specific NM gamma detector pivotably and movably coupled to the stator such that the organ specific NM gamma detector can swing toward and away from the gantry in a sideways direction; and a mounting structure coupling the organ specific NM gamma detector to the stator and providing movable operation of the organ specific NM gamma detector to dispose the organ specific NM gamma detector between the pair of general purpose NM gamma detectors, wherein the mounting structure is configured to move the organ specific NM gamma detector to a first and second position, such that at the first position the organ specific NM gamma detector obstructs a rotation of the pair of general purpose NM gamma detectors and at a second position the rotation of the pair of general purpose NM gamma detectors is provided.