Patent ID: 8746972

Claim:
A method for cone beam computed tomography, the method comprising: moving a digital radiation detector along at least a portion of a detector path, the at least a portion of the detector path extending so that the digital radiation detector is configured to move at least partially around a first extremity of a patient, the detector path having a distance D 1 that is sufficiently long to allow the first extremity to be positioned within the detector path; moving a radiation source along at least a portion of a source path outside the detector path, the source path having a distance D 2 greater than the distance D 1 , the distance D 2 being sufficiently long to allow adequate radiation exposure of the first extremity for an image capture by the digital radiation detector; moving the radiation source at a source position along the source path in correspondence to a detector position for the detector along the detector path during the image capture; and providing a first gap in the detector path.