In an imaging system including a gantry having a patient bore, and a patient
table
having a cradle, a method of aligning the cradle with a scan plane in the patient
bore is disclosed. The method comprises positioning a laser device at least partially
within the patient bore, the laser device producing an alignment laser beam projecting
along a center axis of the patient bore normal to the scan plane. The method further
comprises aligning the cradle of the patient table such that when the cradle is
translated into the scan plane in the patient bore, the alignment laser beam intersects
a positioning target on the cradle.
