Patent ID: 6027247
Filing Date: 2000-02-22
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
An X-ray photographing apparatus comprising:a bed comprising a rectangular-shaped table for supporting a person to be inspected on a front surface thereof, a support mechanism supporting the table, and a base provided therein with a tilting mechanism for driving the support mechanism to tilt the table and arranged on one side of the table and offset a predetermined distance from a center of the bed in a longitudinal direction thereof toward the legs of the person to be inspected;an X-ray photographing device provided on a back surface of the table of the bed through a drive mechanism for moving the X-ray photographing device in longitudinal and lateral directions of the table;an X-ray source located above and separated from the bed;an X-ray source moving mechanism for moving the X-ray source in accordance with the tilting motion of the table and the movements of the X-ray photographing device so that the X-ray source and the X-ray photographing device face each other; andan operator console for controlling motions of the bed, the X-ray photographing device, the X-ray source moving mechanism and X-ray irradiation from the X-ray source toward the person to be inspected.