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US 2011/0299660 A1Published application
X-ray imaging apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKatsushi Kato
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Abstract
An X-ray imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit which is rotatable relative to a platform about a shaft portion perpendicular to an X-ray detecting surface, so as to change the orientation relative to a subject.
Claims1
An X-ray imaging apparatus comprising a driving unit and a control unit for relatively rotating an X-ray imaging system composed of an X-ray generator and an X-ray detector around a subject, the apparatus being capable of both computed tomographic (CT) imaging and still imaging,
- wherein the X-ray detector has a detection area having the shape of a flat rectangle with short sides and long sides, and
- the X-ray detector selects any one from among at least two orientations including a first orientation in which the long sides of the detection area are parallel to a longitudinal axis of the subject and a second orientation in which the short sides of the detection area are parallel to the longitudinal axis of the subject.
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