| US 7,601,966 B2 | ||
| Imaging techniques for reducing blind spots | ||
| Shlomo Ben-Haim, London (United Kingdom); Haim Melman, Kfar-Saba (Israel); Michael Nagler, Tel-Aviv (Israel); Benny Rousso, Rishon-LeZion (Israel); Yoel Zilberstien, Haifa (Israel); and Sajed Haj-Yahya, Taybe (Israel) | ||
| Assigned to Spectrum Dynamics LLC, Orangeburg, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 28, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/769,826. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/816970, filed on Jun. 28, 2006. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0001090 A1, Jan. 03, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. G01T 1/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 250—394 | 44 Claims |
| 1. An imaging system for performing radiological imaging of a region of interest (ROI) of a subject, the system comprising:
a housing;
a support structure, movably coupled to the housing;
at least one motor assembly, coupled to the housing and the support structure, and configured to move the support structure
with respect to the housing;
at least two detector assemblies, fixed to the support structure, and comprising respective radiation detectors and angular
orientators; and
a control unit, which is configured to perform a radiological imaging procedure by
driving the motor assembly to position the support structure in a plurality of positions with respect to the housing during
a respective plurality of portions of the procedure, and
while the support structure is positioned in each of the plurality of positions, driving the orientators to orient the respective
detectors in a plurality of rotational orientations with respect to the ROI, and to detect radiation from the ROI at least
a portion of the rotational orientations.
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