Daniel A Lamb

US Patent:

20120136196, May 31, 2012

Filed:

May 12, 2010

Appl. No.:

13/322577

Inventors:

David L. Foxall - Mentor OH, US
Daniel Lamb - Shaker Heights OH, US

Assignee:

KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. - EINDHOVEN

International Classification:

A61G 10/00
G01R 33/44
H01J 37/20
G06K 9/00

US Classification:

600 21, 382131, 324318, 25045511

Abstract:

A system comprises: an isolation tube () extending into a clean area (), the isolation tube having a closed end () and an opposite open end () that is open to a contamination area () adjacent the clean area in order to receive an imaging subject from the contamination area; and an imaging apparatus () disposed in the clean area and movable along the isolation tube in order to image a subject in the isolation tube at a plurality of different positions along the isolation tube. In some more specific embodiments, the system further includes a vehicle () having an interior including the contamination area () and the adjacent clean area () wherein the system is a mobile imaging unit.