Scanner for medical optical imaging device employing suppression of optical reflections

[0026] US5692511, US6100520 and US6130958 all disclose a medical optical imaging device, which are hereby incorporated by reference.

[0027] Such as figure 1 As shown, the patient 2 is lying face down on the scanning table 4 , with the breast 6 hanging in the scanning cavity 8 . The medical optical imaging device 10 includes a collimator 12 fixed on an orbiting plate 14 and a lifting plate 16 . Collimator 12 links with detector 13 (see Figure 5 ). The orbiting plate 14 is rotated in a circle around the breast to obtain a portion of the data. The drive screw 18 moves the lift plate 16 vertically to position the orbiting plate 14 at different vertical positions and rotates in a circle around the breast in this position to obtain another portion of the data. The side barrier 20 is fixed on the lower side of the scanning table 4 and the lifting plate 16, thereby providing an external light for the scanning cavity 8 composed of the side barrier 20, the orbiting plate 14, the lif