Medical scanning and treatment system and method

A method for performing a surgical procedure in a patient, comprising the steps of:

• a) predeterminately locating and retaining a patient on a first support;
• b) generating penetrating radiation from a radiation source mounted on a second support;
• c) detecting radiation emanating from a select portion of the patient's body which results from said penetrating radiation, said detected radiation being modulated by the physical characteristics of said select body portion, wherein the radiation detected defines an image field which is generated when said penetrating radiation intersects and reacts on the select matter in the body of said living being;
• d) generating electrical signals in accordance with said detected radiation;
• e) computer processing and analyzing said electrical signals to extract information therefrom and generate coded electrical signals, wherein said processing and analyzing of information is effected by computer processing and analyzing said electrical signals which are generated by a plurality of electro-optical detectors supported by said second support;
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• f) applying said coded electrical signals to control a means for performing a surgical procedure to cause it to automatically perform the surgical procedure with respect to select tissue of said living being supported on said first support.

A method for effecting a controlled medical procedure with respect to a living being comprising:

• a) predeterminately locating and retaining a living being on a first support,
• b) generating first penetrating radiation by a first radiation generating means supported by a second support,
• c) effecting controlled deflection of said penetrating radiation so as to direct said penetrating radiation at a select portion of the body of said living being on said first support,
• d) detecting a portion of said penetrating radiation after it penetrates and passes through select tissue of said living being and is modulated with information relating thereto and generating electrical signals containing said modulated information, wherein the radiation detected defines an image field which is generated when said penetrating radiation intersects and is modulated by the select matter in the body of said living being,
• e) computer processing and analyzing said information contained in said electrical signals and generating coded electrical signals, wherein said processing and analyzing of said information is effected by computer processing and analyzing said electrical signals, and wherein said electrical signals are generated by a plurality of electro-optical detectors supported by said second support, and
• f) applying said coded electrical signals to control a means for performing a surgical operation to cause it to automatically perform the surgical operation with respect to select tissue of said living being supported on said first support.