Mobile Imaging Platform for Multi-Angle 3D Image Acquisition
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing imaging systems have limited mobility, which restricts their ability to acquire image data from multiple angles and positions, thereby limiting the quality and accuracy of reconstructed images.
Innovation Solution
The development of a mobile imaging system equipped with omni-directional wheels and a drive system that allows the system to move relative to a subject, enabling rotation, translation, and tilting to acquire image data from various perspectives.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the imaging system is fixed in place with limited mobility, then the system structure is simple and stable, but the ability to acquire image data from multiple angles and positions is restricted
Solution Approach 1:
The imaging system transitions from a fixed structure to a mobile platform equipped with omni-directional wheels and drive systems, enabling dynamic repositioning and rotation around the patient to acquire images from multiple angles and positions
Solution Approach 2:
The mobile imaging system integrates multiple functions including movement along linear tracks, rotation around the patient, tilting at various angles, and positioning at different heights, allowing a single system to perform comprehensive imaging from all necessary perspectives
2Measurement precision
If the imaging system is moved manually without automated control, then the system is easier to operate, but the precision and repeatability of positioning are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system incorporates sensors that detect the position and orientation of the imaging system, providing feedback to the control mechanism to enable precise and repeatable positioning at desired locations around the patient
Solution Approach 2:
The imaging system includes automated drive systems with motors and control circuits that autonomously position the system according to pre-planned paths or real-time commands, reducing the physical effort required while maintaining high positioning precision
3Quantity of substance
If the imaging system rotates and translates relative to the subject, then comprehensive image data can be acquired, but the time required for imaging procedures increases
Solution Approach 1:
The imaging system continuously acquires image data while moving along pre-planned paths, rotating, and tilting, eliminating idle positions and ensuring that imaging occurs throughout the entire motion sequence to maximize data collection efficiency
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses pre-planned paths and automated sequencing to organize the imaging acquisition process in advance, optimizing the sequence of movements and image captures to minimize total procedure time while ensuring all necessary views are obtained
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AI summary
A mobility system for an imaging system is disclosed. The imaging system is operable to acquire and/or generate image data at positions relative to a subject. The imaging system includes a drive system configured to move the imaging system.