Patent ID: 8688194
Filing Date: 2014-04-01
Classification: A61B,G01R

Abstract:
1. A medical imaging system extending in a longitudinal direction from a front side to a rear side, the medical imaging system comprising: a patient positioning table; a patient examination area that is open on at least three sides and accessible from the front side, the patient positioning table operable to be moved into the patient examination area; a magnetic coil that produces a magnetic field within the patient examination area; and at least one positioning motor that is arranged in the longitudinal direction on the rear side behind a rear wall element and is separated from the front side by the rear wall element, the at least one positioning motor being operable to adjust a position of a framework, the framework comprising two lateral support arms, wherein the patient positioning table is slidably attached to the two lateral support arms of the framework, and the framework is slidably attached directly to the rear wall element, wherein a position of the patient positioning table is adjustable in a transverse direction by the at least one positioning motor, the transverse direction being transverse to the longitudinal direction, wherein a drive shaft extends from the at least one positioning motor behind the rear wall element into an area of the patient positioning table in front of the rear wall element, a coupling element arranged in front of the rear wall element being configured to transmit a turning motion of the drive shaft such that the patient positioning table moves in the transverse direction, wherein at least three positioning motors are arranged on the rear side and are separated from the front side, the at least three positioning motors including the at least one positioning motor, the at least three positioning motors being operable to position the patient positioning table in three directions, and wherein the position of the patient positioning table is adjustable in the longitudinal direction from the rear side toward the front side, and wherein the framework includes a rail that is extendable in the longitudinal direction so that the patient positioning table is movable in the longitudinal direction into or out of the examination area.