It consists of a mobile platform that supports a two axis, detector head-positioning gantry and a rotating, translating chair assembly upon which the patient sits. This seated position is much more comfortable than lying supine with the left arm raised above the head.
Patients rave about the comfort of the chair.
Patient motion is not a problem because of this improvement in comfort. Imaging throughput is improved, as time is not lost with patients regaining their equilibrium after lying down for an extended time. This process takes about 50 seconds.