Medical imaging systems using robotic actuators and related methods
AssigneeGlobus Medical, Inc.
InventorsNeil R. Crawford, Norbert Johnson
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Abstract
Methods may be provided to operate an imaging system using a contact imaging probe to generate imaging of a body. A robotic actuator may be controlled to position the contact imaging probe at a first location on a surface of the body such that the contact imaging probe is in a first radial alignment with an imaging isocenter. The robotic actuator may then be controlled to position the contact imaging probe at a second location on the surface of the body such that the contact imaging probe is in a second radial alignment with the imaging isocenter. Moreover, the first and second radial alignments may be different.
Claims18
A method of operating an imaging system using a contact imaging probe to generate imaging of a body, the method comprising:
- controlling a robotic actuator to position the contact imaging probe at a first location on a surface of the body such that the contact imaging probe is in a first radial alignment with an imaging isocenter;
- and
- controlling the robotic actuator to position the contact imaging probe at a second location on the surface of the body such that the contact imaging probe is in a second radial alignment with the imaging isocenter, wherein the first and second radial alignments are different.
A method of operating an imaging system using first and second contact imaging probes to generate imaging of a body, the method comprising:
- controlling a robotic actuator to position the first contact imaging probe at a first location on a surface of the body such that the first contact imaging probe is in a first radial alignment with an imaging isocenter;
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- controlling the robotic actuator to position the second contact imaging probe at a second location on the surface of the body such that the second contact imaging probe is in a second radial alignment with the imaging isocenter, wherein the first and second radial alignments are different.
An imaging system configured to generate imaging of a body, the imaging system comprising:
- a robotic actuator configured to position a contact imaging probe;
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- a controller coupled with the robotic actuator, wherein the controller is configured to,
- control the robotic actuator to position the contact imaging probe at a first location on a surface of the body such that the contact imaging probe is in a first radial alignment with an imaging isocenter, and
- control the robotic actuator to position the contact imaging probe at a second location on the surface of the body such that the contact imaging probe is in a second radial alignment with the imaging isocenter, wherein the first and second radial alignments are different.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.