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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2013
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Carlos Martinez Ferreira, Paris, FR;
Omar Al Assad, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Assignee:
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/04 (2006.01); H05G 1/52 (2006.01); H05G 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/10 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/0457 (2013.01); A61B 6/102 (2013.01); A61B 6/542 (2013.01); A61B 6/547 (2013.01); A61B 6/586 (2013.01); A61B 6/10 (2013.01); A61B 6/481 (2013.01); A61B 6/548 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for moving a motorized table designed to receive a patient in a medical imaging system comprising a radiation detector capable of detecting a beam of radiation emitted by a radiation source, the method comprising generating a signal that indicates a movement of the motorized table in the plane of the motorized table causing or tending to cause said beam to at least partially or completely leave an area predefined by the user of the medical imaging system.