Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Ian Farmer

Jochen Kruecker

Bradford Johns Wood

Paul M Hug

Michael J Petrillo

Peter Choyke

Mahmoud Janbakhsh

Sheng Xu

Guy Shechter

John Vesel

Rizwan Syed Hassan

Peter A Pinto

Joseph J Stefan

Marc A Huber

When performing nuclear (e.g., SPECT or PET) and CT scans on a patient, a volume cone-beam CT scan is performed using a cone-beam CT X-ray source () and an offset flat panel X-ray detector (). A field of view of the X-ray source overlaps a field of view of two nuclear detector heads (), and the offset of the X-ray detector () minimizes interference with nuclear detector head movement about a rotatable gantry (). Additionally, a locking mechanism () provides automatically locking of the X-ray detector () in each of a stowed and operation position, improving safety and CT image quality.

Nuclear medicine SPECT-CT machine with integrated asymmetric flat panel cone-beam CT and SPECT system

A method and system for performing biopsies can include an imaging system for obtaining diagnostic images of a target region; a tracking system; a probe having a deployable biopsy needle for performing a biopsy procedure where the tracking system generates tracking information for at least one of the probe and the biopsy needle; an ultrasound imaging system for obtaining ultrasound imaging of the target region; and a computer in communication with the tracking system, the imaging system and the ultrasound imaging system. The computer can register the tracking system with the imaging system. The computer transfers a marking of a biopsy site associated with the biopsy procedure from the ultrasound imaging to the diagnostic images based on the tracking information and the registration of the tracking system with the diagnostic images.

Method and system for performing biopsies

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Ian Farmer