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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2008
Daniel Gagnon, Twinsburg, OH (US);
Michael A. Morich, Mentor, OH (US);
Douglas M. Blakeley, Kirtland, OH (US);
Daniel Gagnon, Twinsburg, OH (US);
Michael A. Morich, Mentor, OH (US);
Douglas M. Blakeley, Kirtland, OH (US);
Koninklijke Philips N. V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A hybrid imaging system and a patient bed for same are disclosed. The hybrid imaging system includes a magnetic resonance scanner and a second modality imaging system spaced apart from the magnetic resonance scanner by a gap. In some embodiments, the gap is less than seven meters. The patient bed is disposed at least partially in the gap between the magnetic resonance scanner and the second modality imaging system, and includes a linearly translatable patient support pallet aligned to be selectively moved into an examination region of the magnetic resonance scanner for magnetic resonance imaging and into an examination region of the second modality imaging system for second modality imaging. In some embodiments, a linear translation range of the linearly translatable pallet is less than five times a length of the patient support pallet along the direction of linear translation.