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AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorHans-Peter Dornheim
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In an exemplary embodiment in order to obstruct the examination of the patient as little as possible and simultaneously render possible a rapid shift of the working position of the image detection apparatus from a horizontal position immediately beneath the patient support platform to a vertical position immediately above the patient support platform, the disclosure provides that the lifting carriage exhibits an essentially angled configuration and that the image detection apparatus is pivotally mounted on the free end of the horizontal leg of the lifting carriage, that the stand carriage, the lifting carriage (guided on the stand carriage) and the support-mounting (pivotally mounted on the lifting carriage) are arranged beneath the image detection apparatus, and that coupling elements (which are capable of being brought into engagement with the x-ray examination apparatus) are connected with the stand carriage. Moreover, the guidance of the lifting carriage on the stand carriage can proceed along a path which is inclined relative to the horizontal.
A stand for an x-ray image detection apparatus which is insertable beneath a patient support platform of an x-ray examination apparatus, said stand comprising:
An x-ray examination apparatus comprising a patient support platform (2) and coupling elements (52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57) having operative association with said platform (2), and a stand (3) insertable beneath said patient support platform, said stand (3) comprising a stand carriage (20) which can be transported on the floor in a two-dimensional fashion, a lifting carriage (21) which is height-adjustable on the stand carriage, said lifting carriage comprising a support-mounting (23) which is pivotal through 90.degree. about a horizontal axis on the lifting carriage, and image detection apparatus (4) fastened to said support-mounting (23) so as to be tiltable from a position with a horizontal image plane into a position with a vertical image plane, said lifting carriage (21) carrying said support-mounting (23) so that the image detection apparatus (4) is pivotally mounted relative to said lifting carriage (21);
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