5 Axis Patient Table, ADAC Laboratories, Inc.

James Carver’s first job out of college was to design the patient table for ADAC’s DXF-4000 Digital
Angiography System in 1983. This table was computer controlled to track vascular structures from head
to toe with spatial repeatability within 0.5mm. Notable features include 3 servo axis, one open-loop
axis, one manual rotation axis, carbon composite patient table, efficient and aesthetic structural
weldments, guards, covers, and various table-mounted device interfaces. This project began my career
in radiography equipment. Below is this table and a very young James at RSNA, 1984
