Split ct gantry
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsJames Loren Dodge, Chad Allan Smith, Timothy Matthew Behlmer
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Abstract
A split gantry for a CT system includes a rotatable side comprising a configurable arrangement of image chain components of the CT system, a stationary side comprising a stationary support base and a gantry bearing, wherein the rotatable side is separate from the stationary side, and the stationary side is attachable to a rotatable portion of the gantry bearing without having to align the image chain components during an installation of the CT system.
Claims20
A split gantry for a CT system, comprising:
- a rotatable side comprising a configurable arrangement of image chain components of the CT system;
- a stationary side comprising a stationary support base and a gantry bearing, wherein:
- the rotatable side is separate from the stationary side;
- and
- the stationary side is attachable to a rotatable portion of the gantry bearing without having to align the image chain components during an installation of the CT system.
A method of assembling a gantry for a CT system, comprising:
- obtaining a rotatable side of a gantry from a first container at a site for a CT system installation, wherein the rotatable side includes configurable image chain components of the CT system;
- obtaining a stationary side of the gantry from a second container, different from the first container, at the site of the CT system installation, wherein the stationary side includes a stationary support base and a gantry bearing;
- and
- coupling the rotatable side to the stationary side without having to align the image chain components to each other at the site of the CT system installation.
A method of fabricating a split gantry for a CT system, comprising:
- assembling a rotatable side of the split gantry that is comprised of image chain components of the CT system;
- assembling a stationary side of the split gantry that is comprised of a stationary support base and a gantry bearing, wherein:
- the rotatable side is assembled separately from the stationary side;
- and
- the stationary side is attachable to a rotatable portion of the gantry bearing without having to align the image chain components during an installation of the CT system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.