Medical imaging system for combined magnetic resonance imaging and X-ray imaging

US10631803B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Healthcare Limited · DE

Inventors

• Dirk Ertel · Forchheim, DE
• Yiannis Kyriakou · Spardorf, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 18, 2017
• Grant date: Apr 28, 2020
• Expiry date: May 24, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01R33/4812
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

For the purpose of reliable and comprehensive patient care, a medical imaging system for combined magnetic resonance and X-ray imaging is provided. The medical imaging system includes a magnetic resonance imaging unit and an X-ray imaging unit that are connected to each other mechanically such that the X-ray imaging unit is built into the magnetic resonance imaging unit and both units surround a patient aperture. The X-ray imaging unit includes a ring that has an X-ray tube and an X-ray detector and may rotate about the patient aperture. The ring is composed of at least four ring sectors, of which two ring sectors may be detached from the ring and at least two ring sectors are fixed in place. An X-ray detector is arranged on one of the detachable ring sectors, and an X-ray source is arranged on the other of the detachable ring sectors.