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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2022
Neurologica Corporation, a Subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Danvers, MA (US);
Michael Limoli, Merrimac, MA (US);
Richard DeSalvo, Danvers, MA (US);
Alexander Drosos, Lowell, MA (US);
NeuroLogica Corporation, a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Danvers, MA (US);
Abstract
An imaging system for imaging an object, the imaging system comprising: a housing having a center opening; a CT imaging unit mounted to the housing, the CT imaging unit comprising: a rotatable disc extending around the center opening; an X-ray emitter mounted to the rotatable disc and configured to emit an X-ray beam; and an X-ray detector mounted to the rotatable disc in alignment with the X-ray beam; and a digital radiography imager comprising a detector plate mounted to the rotatable disc, the detector plate being configured to assume (i) a retracted position in which the detector plate is not aligned with the X-ray beam, whereby to permit the X-ray beam to contact the X-ray detector, and (ii) an extended position in which the detector plate is aligned with the X-ray beam, whereby to permit the X-ray beam to contact the detector plate.