Patent ID: 8246249
Filing Date: 2012-08-21
Classification: A61B,G01T,G03B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for recording radiation image data of an object comprising a radiation source arrangement provided for emitting radiation; an object holder arranged in the radiation path of said emitted radiation and provided for housing the object during the recordation of the radiation image data; a detector arrangement for detecting radiation, which has interacted with said object; and a support structure, to which said radiation source and detector arrangements are secured, comprising: a scanning device provided for moving either one of said support structure or said object holder with respect to the other one of said support structure or said object holder in a conical pendulum movement while said detector arrangement is provided for detecting radiation, which has interacted with said object, to thereby record said radiation image data of the object, said conical pendulum movement having a center of rotation lying outside the object.