Jacob Durgan - Mayfield Village OH, US Nabi Abraham Cohn - Chardon OH, US John Cressman - Chardon OH, US James Thomas Richards - Euclid OH, US Shlomo Gotman - Haifa, IL
Assignee:
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. - EINDHOVEN
International Classification:
A61B 6/04 A61B 6/03
US Classification:
378 20, 378208, 378205
Abstract:
A subject support () for an imaging system () includes a moveable portion () that includes a surface () on which the subject is loaded and that is configured to move into an examination region of the imaging system where the subject is to be scanned. The support further includes a scan position identifier () that generates a signal indicative of at least one of a start scan position or an end scan position for a predetermined region of interest of the subject based on a location of the region of interest on the moveable portion of the subject support for an arbitrary relative position of the moveable portion with respect to the examination region.
David Bentham - Lexington MA, US Alex Wee Kar Tan - Medford MA, US Richard Anthony Merhar - Mentor OH, US Nabi Abraham Cohn - Chardon OH, US Robert Michael Popilock - Hudson OH, US
Assignee:
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. - EINDHOVEN
International Classification:
A61B 6/04
US Classification:
600407
Abstract:
An imaging system () includes a stationary gantry () having a front side () and an examination region (). The imaging system further includes a patient support () configured to position an object or subject thereon in the examination region (). The imaging system further includes patient support motion controls () affixed to the stationary gantry () and including a multi-position single control member () that controls horizontal, vertical, and diagonal motion of the patient support () in and out of the examination region ().