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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2012
Robert A. Fabrizio, Stamford, CT (US);
Robert A. Fabrizio, Stamford, CT (US);
Fujifilm Medical Systems U.S.A., Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A mobile patient positioning stand has a vertical rail allowing a shield structure to be moved up and down to different heights based on the height of anatomy of the patient desired to be imaged. The structure may be moved to position a shield of the structure at a height so that anatomy of a patient to be imaged is located within multiple image areas identified by markers on the shield. Then, an image detector holder and detector may be moved up and down to different heights behind the shield, based on the height of the markers. A source of radiation provides images at the multiple image areas. The multiple image areas may be connected by aligning stitching markers that may be on the shield, and are in the images. The aligning may be done by an automated computer software process that recognized patient anatomy and/or the stitching markers.