Patent ID: 8303181

Claim:
An imaging system comprising: a first arm section; a second arm section; an x-ray source mounted to the first arm section; an x-ray detector mounted to the second arm section; the first arm section and the x-ray source movable relative to the second arm section and the x-ray detector between an extended position and a collapsed position, wherein the first arm section and the second arm section are slidably mounted relative to one another, wherein the first arm section is arcuate and the second arm section is arcuate and wherein the first arm section and the second arm section are rotatable about an axis generally perpendicular to a plane of the first arm section and the second arm section; and a carriage, to which the first arm section and the second arm section are slidably mounted, positioned below a patient support surface and wherein the source and detector are positioned below the patient support surface when the first arm section and the second arm section are in the collapsed position.