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Apparatus and method for multi-modal imaging

  • US 9,113,784 B2
  • Filed: 09/21/2011
  • Issued: 08/25/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/08/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An imaging system for imaging an object, comprising:

  • a support member adapted to receive the object in an immobilized state;

    an imaging unit that images the immobilized object in a first imaging mode to capture a first image, the first imaging mode being selected from the group consisting of;

    x-ray mode and radio isotope mode, and that images the immobilized object in a second imaging mode that uses light from the immobilized object, different from the first imaging mode, to capture a second image, the second imaging mode being selected from the group consisting of;

    bright-field mode, fluorescence mode, and luminescence mode;

    a movable phosphor plate to transduce ionizing radiation to visible light, the phosphor plate being mounted to be moved, while the object remains immobilized on the support member, between;

    a first position proximate the support member for and during capture of the first image; and

    a second position not proximate the support member during capture of the second image; and

    a capture system that captures either the first image or the second image of the object.

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