Computed tomography device with a radiation protection apparatus for covering over an opening

A method for radiation protection at a computed tomography device, wherein the computed tomography device has a gantry with an opening and a radiation protection apparatus configured to cover the opening, wherein the radiation protection apparatus has a radiation protection curtain, a curtain mounting and a pivot apparatus, wherein the curtain mounting has a bar-shaped area, wherein an upper edge of the radiation protection curtain is attached to the bar-shaped area such that the radiation protection curtain is stretched along the bar-shaped area and hangs down from the bar-shaped area, wherein, via the pivot apparatus, the curtain mounting is pivotably supported relative to the gantry about a pivot axis, and wherein the method comprises:

• arranging the curtain mounting in a first position relative to the gantry, wherein the radiation protection curtain covers a side surface of the gantry and does not cover the opening when the curtain mounting is in the first position relative to the gantry;
• introducing an examination object into the opening along a system axis of the gantry;
• and
• moving, through a first pivoting movement, the curtain mounting about the pivot axis relative to the gantry from the first position to a second position, wherein
• the radiation protection curtain covers the opening when the curtain mounting is in the second position,
• the radiation protection curtain has a first side flap configured to be folded relative to a first central area of the radiation protection curtain about a first edge of the radiation protection curtain, and
• the first edge of the radiation protection curtain is substantially perpendicular to the bar-shaped area.