Claims
- 1. A multi-scanner system comprising:a base; a linear guide supported by the base; and a plurality of scanner gantries, at least one gantry supported by the linear guide such that said gantry may be moved along the linear guide relative to at least one other gantry, and at least one of the gantries is pivotally mounted.
- 2. The multi-scanner system of claim 1, wherein the scanner gantries include at least one CT scanner gantry.
- 3. The multi-scanner system of claim 1, wherein the scanner gantries include at least one PET scanner gantry.
- 4. The multi-scanner system of claim 1, further including a scanner stand supported by the linear guide.
- 5. The multi-scanner system of claim 4, wherein the scanner stand is a CT scanner stand for supporting a CT gantry, said CT gantry including means for tilting the gantry supported by the CT scanner stand.
- 6. The multi-scanner system of claim 1, wherein the base includes a retractable extension.
- 7. The multi-scanner system of claim 1, wherein the linear guide includes a retractable extension.
- 8. A multi-scanner tomography system comprising:a base; a plurality of tomography scanners; a linear guide supported by the base; and a plurality of scanner gantry stands, wherein each stand respectively supports one of the tomography scanners and at least one stand is supported by the linear guide such that the tomography scanner supported by said at least one stand is movable along the linear guide relative to at least one other tomography scanner, and one of said scanners is tiltable.
- 9. The system of claim 8, wherein the plurality of tomography scanners include at least two modalities.
- 10. The system of claim 9, wherein the modalities include PET and CT scanning modalities.
- 11. The multi-scanner system of claim 8, wherein the scanner gantries include at least one CT scanner gantry.
- 12. The multi-scanner system of claim 8, wherein the scanner gantries include at least one PET scanner gantry.
- 13. The multi-scanner system of claim 8, wherein the scanner stand supported by the linear guide is a CT scanner stand.
- 14. The multi-scanner system of claim 13, wherein the CT scanner stand includes means for tilting the gantry supported by the CT scanner stand.
- 15. The multi-scanner system of claim 8, wherein the base includes a retractable extension.
- 16. The multi-scanner system of claim 8, wherein the linear guide includes a retractable extension.
- 17. The multi-scanner system of claim 8, further comprising one or more clamps configured to hold a movable gantry in a preferred position upon said linear guide upon activation of said one or more clamps.
- 18. The multi-scanner system of claim 17, wherein said clamps are friction clamps.
- 19. The multi-scanner system of claim 8, wherein the scanner stand supported by the linear guide is a PET scanner stand.
- 20. A multi-scanner tomography system comprising:a base; a plurality of tomography scanners; a linear guide supported by a base; and a plurality of scanner gantry stands, at least one stand supported by the linear guide such that said stand may be moved along the linear guide relative to at least one other gantry, and at least one of the gantries is pivotally mounted, each stand supporting one of said tomography scanners; wherein one of said base and linear guide include a retractable extension.
RELATED APPLICATION
This application claims the benefit of the U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/295,225, filed Jun. 1, 2001, entitled COMBINED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, invented by that Andrew P. Tybinkowski, Robert Riemer, and Robert Williams, which application is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
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Provisional Applications (1)
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60/295225 |
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