Patent ID: 7476024
Filing Date: 2009-01-13
Classification: G21K

Abstract:
1. A mounting device for mounting a radiation source of an X-ray apparatus, said mounting device comprising: a first mounting flange associated with the radiation source, and having a first aperture therethrough, a second mounting flange having a second aperture therethrough and a recess therein, one or more first fastening devices for fixing the first mounting flange and the second mounting flange to each other, an alignment ring adapted to be fastened to the first mounting flange and positioned in the recess of the second mounting flange, and one or more second fastening devices for fixing the alignment ring and the first mounting flange to each other, wherein each of the one or more first fastening devices is separated from the alignment ring and the second mounting flange along a radial direction by one or more first spaces, and wherein a beam of the radiation source passes through the first and second apertures.