Patent ID: 9726620
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: A61B,G01N,G21K

Claim:
1. A computed tomography (CT) system, comprising: a gantry that includes a cylindrical opening area which is formed at a central portion of the gantry; and an object table configured to move an object into an opening area of the gantry, the object being an examination target, wherein the gantry includes: an X-ray source configured to generate X-rays; a collimator that is provided inside the X-ray source to be rotatable, and configured to limit an irradiation area of the X-rays generated by the X-ray source; and an X-ray detector that is provided at a side portion of the X-ray source, and wherein the X-ray source is directly provided in a ring type at each of two opposite side portions of the X-ray detector.