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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
John F. Moore, Libertyville, IL (US);
Assignee:
Bio-Imaging Research, Inc., Lincolnshire, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for performing computed tomography. The method includes the steps of moving one of an X-ray source and an X-ray detector parallel to a head-to-feet axis of a prone patient and collecting data from the X-ray detector as the one of the X-ray source and X-ray detector moves along the head-to-feet axis of the prone patient.