Radiation Device for Patients
AssigneeBEC GmbH
InventorMatthias Buck
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Abstract
A patient radiation device has a patient positioning device with a patient receptacle, wherein the patient positioning device is able to carry out at least a horizontal movement of the patient receptacle. A radiation source is provided. An imaging device with an imaging unit is provided to produce an image in an imaging plane. A linear movement device is provided to move the imaging unit along a vertical movement axis. The imaging unit is able to perform a rotation about a horizontally arranged axis of rotation so that imaging can be performed on patients that are seated and on patients that are lying on a table.
Claims14
A patient radiation device comprising:
- a patient positioning device comprising a first patient receptacle, wherein the patient positioning device is configured to carry out at least a horizontal movement of the first patient receptacle;
- a radiation source;
- an imaging device comprising an imaging unit configured to produce an image in an imaging plane and further comprising a first linear movement device configured to move the imaging unit along a vertical movement axis;
- wherein the imaging unit is configured to perform a rotation about a horizontally arranged axis of rotation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.