A GANTRY MOUNTED PATIENT TABLE AND EXCHANGER FOR MEDICAL IMAGING

摘要

The following relates to an integrated patient scanner system. The system includes a stationary gantry (2) with first (6) and second (8) sides and a rotating gantry (12) mounted to rotate in the stationary gantry around a patient receiving aperture (4), which is defined by the rotating gantry. The system further includes at least one detector (10) mounted to the rotating gantry and extending from the first side around the patient receiving aperture. A patient table (14) having a pedestal (16) and a pallet (22) is mounted to the stationary gantry. The pedestal mounts to and extends from the second side of the stationary gantry opposite to the at least one detector such that the pedestal and the stationary gantry define a common T-shaped supporting surface adapted to rest on the floor. The patient pallet mounts to the pedestal for movement to extend cantilevered through the patient aperture and out the first side past the at least one detector. It is further described a collimator exchange and storage system (24) mounted to the back of the stationary gantry.