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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2015
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Chad Allan Smith, Waukesha, WI (US);
John Moore Boudry, Waukesha, WI (US);
Brandon Allan Smith, Waukesha, WI (US);
Jaime Lehrer, Milwaukee, WI (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A tilting head support for use in medical imaging is described. The tilting head support allows a patient to receive the equivalent of a tilted gantry exam study even when using a scanner gantry that does not tilt. In certain embodiments, the tilted head support assembly has metallic or sharp edge components, if present, positioned outside the imaging area when in use. In addition, in certain embodiments, the tilted head support assembly allows for user selection of a tilt angle from among a continuous range of available angles.