Tiltable x-ray table integrated with carriage for x-ray source and receptor

An X-ray examination apparatus comprising in combination:

• a telescoping vertical support member extending from and supported by a base;
• a pivotable structure including a semicircular planar member disposed in a vertical plane and supported by said telescoping vertical support in a pivotable arrangement about an axis passing through the center of the radius of said semicircular planar member and parallel to a first horizontal direction, and wherein said semicircular planar member supports two parallel rail systems extending in a second horizontal direction generally parallel to said first horizontal direction;
• a first and a second support members mounted repectively on said parallel rail systems in a slidable arrangement in the second horizontal direction, and wherein said first and said second support members at their respective outwardly positions at least partly overhang opposite extremities of said semicircular planar member and wherein their respective ranges of travel extend at least partly into each other;
• a carriage for supporting an X-ray source and an X-ray image receptor supported by an elongated member disposed in the first horizontal direction and supported by the second support member in a slidable arrangement in said first horizontal direction;
• a patient table disposed intermediate said X-ray source and said X-ray image receptor and supported in an overhanging arrangement by a supporting structure secured to said first support member.