Disclosed herein is a complex spine-inspection support apparatus capable of multi-posture correction, which can apply various acting forces in a longitudinal direction of a spine while stably maintaining a patient's posture, can transmit a constant bending force to the left and right, thus facilitating accurate and various inspections, and can observe a spinal disc ligament varying depending on a posture. The present invention provides a spine-inspection support apparatus for supporting a patient's posture in equipment including a spine inspection, the apparatus including an apparatus bed configured to allow a patient to lie on an upper surface thereof; a lower-body support unit movably provided on a first end of the apparatus bed in a longitudinal direction of the apparatus bed to come into close contact with a patient's buttocks and configured to allow a leg region to be seated in an “L” shape; a lower-body support unit driving means provided on the first end of the apparatus bed to linearly move the lower-body support unit; a leg holding means provided on the lower-body support unit to hold the patient's leg region; an upper-body support means provided on the apparatus bed to support and hold the patient's upper body; and a control panel for controlling an operation of the lower-body support unit driving means.

A one or more radiolucent pneumatic bags that are inflated and deflated to move a surgical table top portion to place a patient in a desired orientation.

An EM device is provided that includes an antenna assembly for radiating at least one electromagnetic field for electromagnetic navigation. The EM device also includes a moving arrangement coupled to the antenna assembly and configured to either move the antenna assembly toward and away from a CT scan plane or move a patient toward and away from the antenna assembly. An operating system is provided that includes a CT scanner defining a CT scan plane, and a patient table housing an antenna assembly and a moving arrangement. A method is provided that includes engaging a moving arrangement to move a patient, activating the CT scanner, and activating the antenna of an electromagnetic navigation system.

In some embodiments, a safety system for a close range scanning machine inhibits collision of moving detector heads with a patient or other object. For example a proximity sensor and/or a collision sensor may guide to bring the head close enough to a patient and/or warn to prevent a collisions and or reduce impact. Parts that are in that are in the FOV of the detector may be transparent to the detected signal and/or uniformly affect the signal, facilitating identification of the source of the signal from the detector. In some embodiments, a dynamic motion restrictor is set during scanning according to the desired scanning position and/or the position of the patient. In some embodiments, a motion restrictor acts to prevent unbalanced motions.

The present invention relates to a patient board suitable for supporting a patient during medical imaging, radiotherapy and/or surgery. The board comprises a composite comprising a natural or naturally-derived fibre and a thermoset matrix.

An imaging device for acquiring a time series of in vivo images of a region of a subject's body is provided. The imaging device includes a energy source, a detector for detecting energy from the energy source passing through the region of the subject's body located between the energy source and detector, a controller configured to operate the energy source and the detector to acquire a time series of in vivo images of the region of the subject's body, a sensor for monitoring a physiological parameter associated with the region of the subject's body to be imaged and a processor configured to determine timing of the image acquisition based at least on the monitored physiological parameter. A method for acquiring a time series of in vivo images of a region of a subject's body using the imaging device is also provided.

Various methods and systems are provided for a table support for a mobile imaging system. In one example, a table support for a mobile imaging system includes a fixture comprising a frame and a plurality of posts coupled to the frame, a table interface comprising a set of table flanges configured to be attached to a patient table of the mobile imaging system and a set of complementary table flange acceptors coupled to a top surface of the frame of the fixture, and a floor interface including a set of floor brackets removably coupleable to a set of floor panels configured to be attached to a floor of a unit configured to house the mobile imaging system, each floor bracket coupled to two respective posts of the plurality of posts.

An apparatus comprises means for engaging a patient platform. The means comprises at least one layer of laminar sheeting of radiolucent material. At least one anatomical support member which comprises at least one layer of laminar sheeting of radiolucent material. At least one articulating joint unit is in engagement with the at least one of anatomical support member. The at least one articulating joint unit comprise at least one layer of laminar sheeting of radiolucent material with a primarily non-metallic connector at a central pivot point. The at least one articulating joint unit is positionable in at least a vertical and horizontal orientations enabling positioning of portions of an anatomy in three dimensions along x, y, and z axes. At least one primarily non-metallic locking member is configured to lock the at least one articulating joint unit at selectable position(s), in which a load bearing stress is spread across lengths of the laminar sheeting to mitigate a susceptibility to stress fractures and load failure.

Arrangements described herein relate to a headset system and a method to manufacturing the headset system, the headset system including a headset configured to lay on top of a surface and to support a head of a subject when the subject is in a supine position or a reclined position, at least one probe adjustment mechanism, and a probe coupled to the at least one probe adjustment mechanism and configured to emit acoustic energy.

The invention relates, in particular, to structures of an arrangement applicable for use in the context of dental or medical X-ray imaging, wherein the arrangement comprises an X-ray detector (15), an X-ray source (14), a light field indicator (141) and a support construction (12) to which the X-ray source (14) construction and the light field indicator (141) construction are mounted. The support construction (12) is configured to enable positioning the X-ray source (14) construction and the light field indicator (141) construction at essentially the same location, so as to when at a given time locating at said essentially same location, to direct a given X-ray irradiation field pattern and visible light field pattern in essentially the same direction towards the X-ray detector (15).