Medical image diagnostic apparatus
AssigneeCanon Medical Systems Corporation
InventorTakuya Hasegawa
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, a medical image diagnostic apparatus includes a gantry, columns, gantry drive motors, position detectors, and gantry control circuitry. The gantry has a bore along a vertical direction. The columns movably support the gantry along the vertical direction, with one end of the bore facing a floor surface and the gantry being interposed between the columns. The gantry drive motors move the gantry along the vertical direction. The position detectors detect support positions at which the gantry is supported in each of the columns. The gantry control circuitry determines whether or not movement of the gantry along the vertical direction is possible, based on information regarding misalignment between the support positions.
Claims9
A medical image diagnostic apparatus comprising:
- a gantry having a bore along a vertical direction;
- a plurality of columns that movably support the gantry along the vertical direction, with one end of the bore facing a floor surface and the gantry being interposed between the plurality of columns;
- a plurality of gantry drive motors that move the gantry along the vertical direction;
- a plurality of position detectors that detect a plurality of support positions at which the gantry is supported in each of the plurality of columns;
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- gantry control circuitry that determines whether or not movement of the gantry along the vertical direction is possible, based on information regarding misalignment between the plurality of support positions.
A medical image diagnostic apparatus, comprising:
- a gantry having a bore along a vertical direction;
- a plurality of columns that movably support the gantry along the vertical direction, with one end of the bore facing a floor surface and the gantry being interposed between the plurality of columns;
- a plurality of gantry drive motors that move the gantry along the vertical direction;
- a plurality of load detectors that respectively detect a plurality of loads related to movement of the gantry in the gantry drive motor;
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- gantry control circuitry that determines whether or not movement of the gantry along the vertical direction is possible based on load information regarding the plurality of loads.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.