Patent ID: 8690424
Filing Date: 2014-04-08
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
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, which apparatus includes in said ring-shaped structure supporting the imaging means an examination opening wherein the object to be imaged is positionable for imaging, and in which apparatus said substantially ring-shaped structure supporting the imaging means is arranged movable with respect to said support construction at least in the vertical direction, wherein a patient stool is arranged to be positioned in the examination opening and positioning means are arranged to position the patient stool in the examination opening, said positioning means selectively connecting the patient stool to the ring-shaped structure.