Patent ID: 8031838
Filing Date: 2011-10-04
Classification: A61B,A61N

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: means for emitting energy for body imaging; means for detecting at least a portion of emitted energy that has passed through a body part and for capturing data from the at least the portion of the emitted energy; means for computing a first image based on the captured data; means for detecting one or more actions by a user and for emitting a detection signal based on a detection of an action of the one or more actions by the user; means for transmitting the first image of the body part to remote circuitry in response to the detection signal, wherein the remote circuitry is circuitry to which the means for transmitting transmits the first image via at least one of a wireless linkage, the Internet, a cellular network, or a wide area network; means for receiving a remote signal from the remote circuitry, wherein the remote signal is a signal received by the means for receiving from the remote circuitry via at least one of the wireless linkage, the Internet, the cellular network or the wide area network; means for causing the means for emitting energy to emit additional energy through the body part in response to the remote signal; means for computing a second image of the body part, based on additional data captured from a detected portion of the additional energy by the means for detecting at least a portion of emitted energy, in response to the remote signal wherein the means for receiving is configured to communicate with the means for causing the means for emitting and the means for capturing; an ionizing radiation energy emitter as a part of the means for emitting energy; means for detecting an ionizing radiation energy emission from the ionizing radiation energy emitter and for counting cumulative ionizing radiation energy emissions from the ionizing radiation and for at least one of storing or transmitting data based on the cumulative ionizing radiation energy emissions; and means for responding to the stored or transmitted data by preventing emitter emissions from the ionizing radiation emitter that would allow the cumulative ionizing radiation emissions from the ionizing radiation emitter to exceed a threshold.