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TY - UNPB AU - Adamson, L.W.S. ED - Casas, Joan ED - Schaa, Volker RW ED - Costa, Isidre ED - López, David ED - Prieto, Montserrat TI - IMBL Patient Position System J2 - Proc. of MEDSI2016, Barcelona, Spain, 11-16 September 2016 CY - Barcelona, Spain T2 - Mechanical Engineering Design of Synchrotron Radiation Equipment and Instrumentation Conference T3 - 9 LA - english AB - A patient positioning system (PPS) is required to position human patients for high sensitivity, high resolution imaging in IMBL radiation enclosure 3B. The core requirement is the access of any section of a human body for imaging within a large range of orientations (rotation and tilt) using X-ray beams between 1.4 and 2.1m from the enclosure floor whilst allowing a direct path for the X-rays to pass through the area to be imaged and onto the detector. The system will normally use the horizontal monochromatic X-ray beam at 1420mm from the floor but will have a working envelope allowing the use of a beam inclined at 7° from the horizontal and produced several meters upstream from enclosure. The area of interest is from the top of the shoulders to the ankles. A collaboration with BEC Engineering has lead to the robotic solution. A Kuka robot will be suspended from 8m linear rail suspended from a gantry mounted to the hutch wall. A custom modular chair has been designed for the robot knuckle, it will accommodate the range of positions required for imaging and with adjustable and removable sections to allow a clear path for the beam. PB - JACoW Publishing CP - Geneva, Switzerland ER -