Orientation system for specimen imaging apparatus
AssigneeFaxitron Bioptics, LLC
InventorsCiaran PURDY, Brad JACKSON, Jared MOORE
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Abstract
A method of generating images of a specimen that includes triggering a source of electromagnetic radiation to emit a beam of electromagnetic radiation along an axis through a tissue specimen and towards an imaging detector, generating at least one image with the received beam at the imaging detector, and superimposing, into or adjacent the at least one image by a system controller, a set of graphical indications that convey portions of a patient's body from which respective portions of the specimen were assumed to have been excised.
Claims20
A system for use in obtaining images of a specimen, comprising:
- a housing comprising an interior chamber;
- an imaging detector positioned relative to the housing;
- a source of electromagnetic radiation positioned relative to the housing;
- a specimen receiving platform disposed within the interior chamber, wherein the platform includes an orientation marker relative to which a particular portion of a specimen is positionable;
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- a controller that is configured to:
- trigger the source of electromagnetic radiation to generate a beam of electromagnetic radiation and send the beam through the specimen for receipt at the imaging detector;
- generate at least one image of the specimen based on the beam received at the imaging detector;
- generate a graphical indication on the at least one generated image of one or more orientations of corresponding portions of the specimen relative to one or more corresponding orientations of a patient's body, based on the positioning of the particular portion of the specimen relative to the orientation marker;
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- present, on a display, the generated image along with the generated graphical indication of the one or more orientations.
An apparatus for use in imaging a specimen, comprising:
- an upper portion that includes a receiving surface for receiving the specimen to be imaged;
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- a lower portion non-movably attached to the upper portion, wherein the lower portion includes:
- an indicator on an outer periphery thereof that is configured to convey to an operator a particular manner in which to position the specimen over the receiving surface of the upper portion;
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- a first rotation prevention device that is configured to engage with a corresponding second rotation prevention device of a rotatable platform of an imaging system to prevent relative rotation between the apparatus and the rotatable platform about a rotation axis.
A method of generating images of a specimen, comprising:
- triggering a source of electromagnetic radiation to emit a beam of electromagnetic radiation along an axis through a tissue specimen and towards an imaging detector;
- generating at least one image with the received beam at the imaging detector;
- superimposing, into or adjacent the at least one image by a system controller, a set of graphical indications that convey portions of a patient's body from which respective portions of the specimen were assumed to have been excised.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.