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AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsHans-Jürgen Kröner, Michael Loser
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A tomography imaging system, preferably a CT device, includes at least one acquisition unit and a patient positioning table with a horizontally movable board, which can be slid through the scanning region of the acquisition unit for examination. The imaging system includes at least one first support device, which supports the patient board after passing through the scan region, which support device is directly attached to the acquisition unit on a side of the unit opposite the side facing the patient positioning table. The system can include a second support device, which is mounted on the patient positioning table for supporting the patient board before it enters the scan region of the acquisition unit.
A tomography imaging system comprising an acquisition unit having a gantry, a patient positioning table with a horizontally movable patient board, said patient board being slidable through a scan region of the gantry of the acquisition unit for examination, and an extendable first support device disposed to support the patient board upon passing through the scan region, said first support device being directly attached to the gantry of the acquisition unit to move therewith to extend dependent on movement of the gantry.
A tomography imaging system comprising an acquisition unit, a patient positioning table with a horizontally movable patient board, which patient board being slidable through a scan region of the acquisition unit for examination, a first support device being arranged with regard to the patient positioning table, said support device supporting the patient board upon passing through the scan region said first support device being directly attached to the acquisition unit and being extendable, and control means being directly provided for the first support device which regulates an extension length of the first support device, so that an automatic compensation of the extension length automatically occurs given a tilting of the acquisition unit in order to keep the patient board in a horizontal position.
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