X-Ray Device
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorMathias Hornig
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Abstract
In order to achieve a consistently good image quality, an X-ray device has an X-ray source in the form of an X-ray radiator (1) and an X-ray detector (2) with a precisely defined mutual arrangement, and a subsystem (5-7; 10-11) for detecting any deviation between the actual mutual arrangement and the precise mutual arrangement of X-ray source and X-ray detector (2). Optical detection of deviations is preferably provided.
Claims20
An X-ray apparatus comprising an X-ray source and an X-ray detector, for which an exact relative arrangement with respect to one another is defined, and an associated subsystem for detection of any discrepancy between an instantaneous relative arrangement and the exact relative arrangement between the X-ray source and the X-ray detector.
An X-ray apparatus comprising an X-ray source and an X-ray detector, for which an exact relative arrangement with respect to one another is defined, and an associated subsystem for detection of any discrepancy between an instantaneous relative arrangement and the exact relative arrangement between the X-ray source and the X-ray detector, wherein the subsystem is physically integrated in the X-ray apparatus, and wherein a first part of the subsystem is arranged adjacent to the X-ray source or its housing, and a second part of the subsystem is arranged adjacent to the X-ray detector or its housing, wherein the subsystem has optical detection for detection of any discrepancy from the exact relative arrangement, and wherein the subsystem has at least one light source, at least one light detector and at least one light reflector.
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