Patent ID: 7723688

Claim:
A method of imaging a patient using an imaging system, said method comprising: rotating a first detector and a second detector about a subject, wherein the first and second detectors comprise radiation detectors configured in an L-mode configuration; determining a distance of the first detector and the second detector from the subject; and automatically adjusting a position of the first detector and the second detector to within a predetermined distance range if the determined distance of one of the first and second detectors is not within the predetermined distance range, wherein the automatically adjusting the position comprises performing a combined shift movement, the combined shift movement combining a radial movement of the first detector and a radial movement of the second detector to form the combined shift movement, the combined shift movement simultaneously moving the first and second detectors relative to a reference point within the subject such that the first and second detectors follow a contour of the subject while maintaining the L-mode configuration.