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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2007
Dumitru Dragan, Fremont, CA (US);
Dean O. Bishop, Livermore, CA (US);
Rizwan S. Hassan, Danville, CA (US);
Jorge I. Zapata, Tracy, CA (US);
Dumitru Dragan, Fremont, CA (US);
Dean O. Bishop, Livermore, CA (US);
Rizwan S. Hassan, Danville, CA (US);
Jorge I. Zapata, Tracy, CA (US);
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
In accordance with one aspect, imaging system () includes a plurality of detector heads () and a frame () on which the plurality of detector heads are mounted. The frame is configurable in (i) an operational configuration in which the detector heads are arranged to be manipulated by the frame to acquire imaging data, and (ii) a shipping configuration in which the detector heads remain mounted on the frame and the imaging system is reduced in size along at least one dimension compared with the operational configuration.