Patent ID: 8979364
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A combined imaging apparatus for x-ray imaging of a subject in multiple modes, the imaging apparatus comprising a supporting structure having an extended rotary arm, wherein the rotary arm comprises: a computed tomography detector and a panoramic imaging detector, both mounted on the same side of a movable platen; and a detector positioning apparatus actuable to translate the position of the movable platen along a curvilinear path to either of at least first and second positions with respect to an x-ray source, wherein the first position disposes the computed tomography detector in the direct path of an x-ray source and wherein the second position disposes the panoramic imaging detector in the direct path of the x-ray source, wherein curvilinear translation of the movable platen is within a plane that is substantially orthogonal to an axis that is substantially parallel to the length of the extended rotary arm.