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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2011
John Yorkston, Penfield, NY (US);
William F. Snyder, Hilton, NY (US);
Jeffrey H. Siewerdsen, Baltimore, MD (US);
John Yorkston, Penfield, NY (US);
William F. Snyder, Hilton, NY (US);
Jeffrey H. Siewerdsen, Baltimore, MD (US);
Other;
Abstract
An apparatus for cone beam computed tomography of lower leg portions of a patient has a radiation source and a source transport actuable to move the source along an arcuate source path within a housing, from one side of a circumferential gap to the other and has a radius Rabout a center. A housing is provided for placement of the patient's foot. A digital radiation detector has a detector transport actuable to move the detector along an arcuate detector path within the housing, the detector path having a radius Rabout the center and concentric with the source path, wherein Ris less than R, and wherein the detector path extends from one side of the pedestal indent to the other. A gap closure apparatus is movable to a position that continues the detector path across the circumferential gap and encloses the detector path.