Invention Grant
- Patent Title: X-ray CT apparatus
- Patent Title (中): X射线CT装置
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Application No.: US12558194Application Date: 2009-09-11
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Publication No.: US08128286B2Publication Date: 2012-03-06
- Inventor: Yasutaka Shindo
- Applicant: Yasutaka Shindo
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo JP Otawara-shi
- Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba,Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
- Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba,Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo JP Otawara-shi
- Agency: Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JPP2008-235027 20080912
- Main IPC: H05G1/02
- IPC: H05G1/02 ; G01N23/083

Abstract:
An X-ray CT apparatus includes: a base; a main frame including a pair of tilt shafts, the main frame being supported in a tiltable manner by the base with a pair of bearings interposed in between, the bearings configured to rotatably support the respective tilt shafts; an X-ray tube and an X-ray detector positioned to face each other; an annular rotor configured to hold the X-ray tube and the X-ray detector, the rotor rotatably supported by the main frame with a bearing interposed in between; and a pair of reinforcement members extended from the main frame. One end of each of the pair of tilt shafts is fixed to the main frame, and the other end of each of the pair of tilt shafts is fixed to the respective reinforcement members.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100067652A1 X-RAY CT APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2010-03-18
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