X-ray machine for breast examination having a gantry incorporated in a patient table

US7864918B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MIR Medical Imaging Research Holding GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Harry Schilling · Eichstätt, DE
• Willi Kalender · Kleinseebach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 11, 2009
• Grant date: Jan 4, 2011
• Expiry date: Mar 11, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06T2207/30096
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An X-ray machine for imaging a breast of a female patient comprises a gantry with an X-ray tube and an X-ray detector, and a horizontally disposed patient table with a cut-out portion for accommodating a breast of the patient. The gantry is rigidly mechanically suspended from the patient table. The gantry is adapted to rotate about an approximately vertical rotational axis in continuous rotational movement for imaging the breast. The gantry is also adapted to be moved in a vertical direction during said the rotational movement.