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US 8,985,852 B2Granted
Monitoring device for a CT scanner gantry
AssigneeSchleifring und Apparatebau GmbH
InventorKlaus Theiss
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Abstract
A CT scanner gantry comprises a base with a tiltable frame holding a rotating part, the rotating part having a rotation axis and drive means for tilting the tiltable frame with respect to the base. Furthermore, a tilt drive control unit is provided to control the drive means. In inclination sensor is provided at the tiltable frame to indicate the inclination of the tiltable frame with respect to the center of gravity of earth to the tilt drive control unit.
Claims7
A CT scanner gantry comprising
- a base with a tiltable frame holding a rotating part, the rotating part having a rotation axis,
- drive means for tilting the tiltable frame with respect to the base, and
- a tilt drive control unit to control the drive means,
- characterized in that
- an inclination sensor is provided at the tiltable frame to indicate the inclination of the tiltable frame with respect to the center of gravity of earth to the tilt drive control unit, and
- a high pass filter is provided to filter the measurement signals from the inclination sensor.
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