X-ray ct system
AssigneeToshiba Medical Systems Corporation
InventorsHiroto TAHARA, Masayuki WAKAHARA
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Abstract
According to an embodiment, an X-ray CT system includes a gantry, a first couch, a second couch, a carrier unit, and control circuitry. The gantry includes an X-ray tube, an X-ray detector, and an operation unit. The first couch is arranged in a first room. The second couch is arranged in a second room. When carrying the gantry to the first room, the carrier unit arranges the gantry in an orientation in which the front side of the gantry faces the first couch. When carrying the gantry to the second room, the carrier unit arranges the gantry in an orientation in which the back side of the gantry faces the second couch. The control circuitry controls the direction of the tilt movement of the gantry in accordance with the room where the gantry is arranged.
Claims18
An X-ray CT system comprising:
- a gantry including an X-ray tube, an X-ray detector configured to detect X-rays emitted by the X-ray tube, and an operation unit configured to generate a command signal to command a tilt movement in accordance with an operation of an operator;
- a first couch arranged in a first room;
- a second couch arranged in a second room;
- a carrier unit including a motor and configured to, when carrying the gantry to the first room, arrange the gantry in an orientation in which a front side of the gantry faces the first couch, and when carrying the gantry to the second room, arrange the gantry in an orientation in which a back side of the gantry faces the second couch;
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- control circuitry configured to control a direction of the tilt movement of the gantry in accordance with a room where the gantry is arranged during generation of the command signal by the operation unit.
An X-ray CT system comprising:
- a gantry including an X-ray tube, an X-ray detector configured to detect X-rays emitted by the X-ray tube, and an operation unit configured to generate a command signal to command a relative movement in accordance with an operation of an operator;
- a first couch arranged in a first room;
- a second couch arranged in a second room;
- a carrier unit including a motor and configured to, when carrying the gantry to the first room, arrange the gantry in an orientation in which a front side of the gantry faces the first couch, and when carrying the gantry to the second room, arrange the gantry in an orientation in which a back side of the gantry faces the second couch;
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- control circuitry configured to control a direction of the relative movement of the gantry and one of the first couch and the second couch in accordance with a room where the gantry is arranged during generation of the command signal by the operation unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.