Patent ID: 7209538
Filing Date: 2007-04-24
Classification: A61B,G03C

Abstract:
1. A surgical imaging system comprising: a first x-ray source at a first location above a patient support surface; a second x-ray source laterally spaced from the first x-ray source and above the patient support surface; an x-ray detector mounted below the patient support surface, the x-ray detector generating first x-ray images based upon x-rays from the first x-ray source and second x-ray images based upon x-rays from the second x-ray source, wherein the x-ray detector is movable between a first position where the x-ray detector receives x-rays from the first x-ray source and a second position where the x-ray detector receives x-rays from the second x-ray source an actuator for moving the x-ray detector relative to the first x-ray source and the second x-ray source from the first position to the second position and from the second position to the first position; and a first video camera mounted proximate the first x-ray source and a second video camera mounted proximate the second x-ray source, the first video camera generating first video images, the second video camera generating second video images.