X-ray system having a moveable carrier attached to a patient table
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
InventorHorst-Hartwig Schwieker
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Abstract
The X-ray system includes a patient table (1, 2, 3) and a radiation module with a radiation source (6) and a radiation receiver (7) and can be universally used for the examination of a plurality of organs by means of a wide variety of methods. Therefore, it is particularly suitable for use in conjunction with one of the novel digital flat detectors which can thus be economically used despite their high price. This is achieved essentially in that the radiation module includes a carrier (4, 5, 51 to 55) on which the X-ray source (6) and the radiation receiver (7) are mounted so as to face one another and which is attached to the patient table so as to be pivotable in such a manner that the X-ray system can be used in the overtable technique as well as in the undertable technique.
Claims10
An X-ray system comprising a patient table and a radiation module with an X-ray source and a radiation receiver, characterized in that the radiation module includes a carrier (4, 5, 51 to 55) which is attached to the patient table (1, 3) and on which the X-ray source (6) and the radiation receiver (7) are mounted so as to face one another, said carrier being pivotable in such a manner that the X-ray source (6) and the radiation receiver (7) can be moved from a position over and under a top (3) of the patient table, respectively, to a reversed position under and over the table top (3), respectively, said carrier further being in operative communication with the patient table (1, 3) such that movement of the carrier along a longitudinal direction of the table top (3) causes movement of the carrier through the patient table (1, 3).
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