Apparatus for medical imaging

An apparatus for imaging a subject, the apparatus comprising:

• an imaging assembly for imaging the subject;
• a base assembly having a body and a front end portion adjacent the imaging assembly, the front end portion having therein a recessed dock, wherein the recessed dock being adapted to receive a portion of the imaging assembly, the base assembly having a rear end spaced in the rearward direction from the front end portion, the rear end defining a vertical rear plane extending in the vertical direction and perpendicular to the forward and rearward directions, the base assembly including a set of wheels for rolling movement on a floor, the set of wheels supporting the body in a transport condition during transport between different imaging locations in a facility;
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• a movable support assembly connected between the base assembly and the imaging assembly for supporting the imaging assembly on the base assembly and for extending and retracting the imaging assembly from the base assembly, in the transport condition the movable support assembly supporting the imaging assembly in a retracted position relative to the body, in a stationary imaging condition the movable support assembly supporting the imaging assembly in an extended position relative to the body, the apparatus having an overall length measured between the vertical rear surface and the vertical front surface, the overall length with the imaging assembly in the extended position exceeding the overall length with the imaging assembly in the retracted position, the movable support assembly including a lift column supported by the base and the lift column being moveable relative to the base, the movable support assembly including a cross arm connected between the lift column and the imaging assembly to support the imaging assembly in relation to the lift column, the lift column having a bearing block, the cross arm including a hinged arrangement of members.

An apparatus for imaging a subject, the apparatus comprising:

• an imaging assembly supporting an imager, the imaging assembly having an upper distal end spaced from a lower distal end, the spaced upper and lower distal ends cooperating to define a front opening facing in a forward direction, a vertical front surface having a recessed dock perpendicular to the forward direction being defined by intersecting at least one of the upper and lower distal ends, the imaging assembly having a back segment opposite and spaced from the front opening in a rearward direction opposite the forward direction, the back segment extending between and supporting the upper and lower distal ends, the recessed dock is adapted to receive a portion of the back segment of the imaging assembly;
• a base assembly supporting the imaging assembly, the base assembly including a body, the body having a front end portion adjacent the back segment of the imaging assembly, the body having a rear end spaced in the rearward direction from the front end portion, the rear end defining a vertical rear surface extending in the vertical direction and perpendicular to the forward and rearward directions, the base assembly including a set of wheels for rolling movement on a floor, the set of wheels supporting the body in a transport condition during transport between different imaging locations;
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• a movable support assembly connected between the base assembly and the imaging assembly for supporting the imaging assembly, the movable support assembly being selectively operable to move the imaging assembly relative to the body between an extended position and the retracted position, in the transport condition the base assembly supporting the imaging assembly in the retracted position, in the retracted position the back segment of the imaging assembly being adjacent the front end portion of the body, in the retracted position no portion of the base assembly extending in the rear direction beyond the vertical rear surface, in each imaging location the base assembly being in a stationary imaging condition, in the stationary imaging condition the base assembly supporting the imaging assembly in the extended position, in the extended position the back segment of the imaging assembly being spaced apart in the forward direction from the front end portion of the body, the apparatus having an overall length measured between the vertical rear surface and the vertical front surface, the overall length with the imaging assembly in the extended position exceeding the overall length with the imaging assembly in the retracted position.