Medical imaging system and method for moving a computed tomography gantry
AssigneeSiemens Healthineers AG
InventorsRita Krug, Jan-Christoph Kiesel
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Abstract
One or more example embodiments of the present invention relates to a medical imaging system comprising a computed tomography gantry; a carriage; and a rail system, wherein the computed tomography gantry is movably mounted via the carriage and the rail system such that the computed tomography gantry is translationally movable along the rail system, and the carriage and the rail system are configured to transmit a driving force for the translational movement of the computed tomography gantry in a non-positive locking manner from the carriage to the rail system.
Claims17
A medical imaging system comprising:
- a computed tomography gantry;
- a rail system, the rail system including a set of rails;
- and
- a carriage, the carriage including a set of wheels configured to roll on the set of rails,
- wherein
- the computed tomography gantry is movably mounted via the carriage and the rail system such that the computed tomography gantry is translationally movable along the rail system,
- the carriage and the rail system are configured to transmit a driving force for the translational movement of the computed tomography gantry in a non-positive locking manner from the carriage to the rail system, and
- the carriage has a set of wheel direct drives, each respective wheel direct drive among the set of wheel direct drives interacts with a corresponding wheel among the set of wheels and contributes proportionally to the driving force.
A method for moving a computed tomography gantry, the computed tomography gantry being movably mounted via a carriage including a set of wheels and a rail system including a set of rails, the set of wheels being configured to roll on the set of rails, the carriage having a set of wheel direct drives, each respective wheel direct drive among the set of wheel direct drives interacting with a corresponding wheel among the set of wheels and contributing proportionally to a driving force for a translational movement of the computed tomography gantry, the method comprising:
- performing the translational movement of the computed tomography gantry along the rail system, the driving force being transmitted in a non-positive locking manner from the carriage to the rail system.
A medical imaging system comprising:
- a computed tomography gantry;
- a carriage;
- a rail system, wherein
- the computed tomography gantry is movably mounted via the carriage and the rail system such that the computed tomography gantry is translationally movable along the rail system, and
- the carriage and the rail system are configured to transmit a driving force for the translational movement of the computed tomography gantry in a non-positive locking manner from the carriage to the rail system;
- a position measuring system configured to generate position information, wherein,
- the position information relates to a position of the computed tomography gantry along the rail system,
- the position measuring system includes a measurement track and a position sensor,
- the measurement track rests relative to the rail system and extends along the rail system, and
- the position sensor is connected to the carriage such that the position sensor follows the translational movement of the computed tomography gantry and interacts with the measurement track during the translational movement of the computed tomography gantry;
- and
- a supporting profile, the supporting profile including,
- a measurement track groove configured to receive the measurement track, and
- a rail groove configured to receive a rail of the rail system in a positive-locking manner.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.