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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2005
Charles A. Green, Holbrook, NY (US);
Mark Gelbien, Levittown, NY (US);
John Greenhalgh, Greenlawn, NY (US);
Charles A. Green, Holbrook, NY (US);
Mark Gelbien, Levittown, NY (US);
John Greenhalgh, Greenlawn, NY (US);
Fonar Corporation, Melville, NY (US);
Abstract
A magnetic resonance imaging system having a patient support arranged for pivoting movement about a pivot axis and linear or sliding motion along a support axis transverse to the pivot axis is provided with a device for measuring the location of a patient feature to be imaged. The measured location is used to define coordinates for positioning the patient support. These coordinates desirably are used to automatically move the patient support from a loading position to an imaging position where the feature will be properly aligned with the field axis of the imaging magnet. The system simplifies patient positioning.