Patent ID: 7609808
Filing Date: 2009-10-27
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A motorized and computer controlled imaging system for generating images of a target body part suspended within an imaging area of the system, comprising: a support having a rotation axis extending through the imaging area and at least one imaging device having an imaging device axis which passes through a first imaging device field of view, the imaging device being mounted to the support so as to be selectively movable during imaging in three dimensions, including radial movement relative to the rotation axis, rotational movement about the rotation axis, vertical movement parallel to the rotation axis, and pivoting movement about a pivot axis perpendicular to said rotation axis, whereby said imaging device can be selectively moved along a path that defines a curved 3-dimensional surface, wherein said at least one imaging device comprises a pair of gamma cameras, whereby said gamma cameras can be selectively moved during imaging along a 3D path that defines a curved 3-dimensional surface, to acquire data to generate a 3-dimensional image, and will, while traveling in a downward arc toward a pole of the target body part, move vertically downward and pivot to continue to face the surface of the body part being imaged.