Patent ID: 9687202
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. A medical x-ray imaging apparatus, which apparatus includes a support construction which is arranged to support a substantially ring-shaped structure supporting imaging means, which imaging means include a source of radiation and a receiver of image information, which imaging means are arranged within said substantially ring-shaped structure supporting the imaging means substantially on opposite sides of each other and movable within said ring-shaped structure supporting the imaging means, wherein a beam generated by said source of radiation is arranged to be limited to a true two-dimensional beam, a cone beam, which apparatus includes in said substantially ring-shaped structure supporting the imaging means an examination opening wherein an anatomy to be imaged is positionable for imaging, and in which apparatus said substantially ring-shaped structure supporting the imaging means is arranged movable in at least a vertical direction with respect to said support construction, characterized by a positioning support connected to and supported by the substantially ring-shaped structure defining said examination opening, said positioning support being adjustable with respect to said substantially ring-shaped structure so as to enable respective positioning of an anatomy to be imaged within said substantially ring-shaped structure and a field of view (FOV) formed by said movement of the imaging means inside said substantially ring-shaped structure.