Mobile x-ray machine

US10653386B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Healthcare Limited · DE

Inventors

• Alexander Gemmel · Erlangen, DE
• Gerhard Kleinszig · Forchheim, DE
• Wei Wei · Beijing, CN
• Markus Weiten · Nuremberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 16, 2015
• Grant date: May 19, 2020
• Expiry date: Mar 13, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B6/5241
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An apparatus and a method are provided for positioning an x-ray machine having an x-ray source and a detector. A second X-ray image is recorded once an x-ray apparatus has been positioned by using information of an alignment point in a first x-ray image.