Patent ID: 9033575
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. Medical imaging equipment comprising: a support assembly; a curved guide mounted on the support assembly; an arc-shaped member slidably mounted on the curved guide, a curve of the arc-shaped member defining a mid plane (Pc) of the arc-shaped member, the arc-shaped member having first and second opposed ends; an X-ray radiation source mounted on the arc-shaped member in the vicinity of the first end and being oriented to radiate along the direction of an imaging axis; and a detector mounted on the arc-shaped member in the vicinity of the second and being oriented to face the source along the imaging axis, wherein the X-ray radiation source and the detector are respectively mounted on one side and the other of the mid plane (Pc) of the arc-shaped member, the curved guide carrying the arc-shaped member allowing orbital rotation movement of the source and detector.