Patent ID: 7254851

Claim:
A patient support structure in combination with a laser imaging apparatus, including a laser scanning mechanism, comprising: a) a tabletop to support a female patient in front-down, prone position; b) said tabletop including an opening adapted to permit a breast of the patient to be vertically pendant below said tabletop; c) said opening being non-symmetric with respect to a vertical axis of rotation of said laser scanning mechanism disposed below said tabletop, said vertical axis projecting through said opening; d) said opening including a first portion defined by one side of a line across said opening through said axis and a first peripheral portion of said opening extending from said one side of said line toward the patient's feet; e) said opening including a second portion defined by an opposite side of said line and a second peripheral portion of said opening extending from said opposite side of said line toward the patient's head; and f) said second portion is elongated toward the head as compared to said first portion.