US 12,402,846 B2
Imaging apparatus for imaging ex-vivo tissue specimens
Roel Van Holen, Melsen (BE); Vincent Keereman, Ghent (BE); and Jared W. Moore, Ghent (BE)
Assigned to XEOS MEDICAL NV, Ghent (BE)
Appl. No. 18/261,349
Filed by XEOS MEDICAL NV, Ghent (BE)
PCT Filed Jan. 21, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/051340
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 13, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/157305, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 28, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 21153099 (EP), filed on Jan. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0074714 A1, Mar. 7, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2024.01); A61B 6/42 (2024.01)
CPC A61B 6/032 (2013.01) [A61B 6/037 (2013.01); A61B 6/4258 (2013.01); A61B 6/4417 (2013.01); A61B 6/5235 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An imaging apparatus for imaging ex-vivo tissue specimens comprising:
a positron emission tomography (PET) imaging module including at least one pair of PET detectors;
a computed tomography (CT) imaging module including an X-ray source and an X-ray detector;
a tissue specimen receiving element configured to receive the tissue specimen to be imaged;
a motion system configured to move the tissue specimen receiving element from the CT imaging module to the PET imaging module;
wherein the PET imaging module is located above or beneath the CT imaging module.