Patent ID: 8596865

Claim:
A medical x-ray imaging apparatus, which apparatus includes a support construction ( 1 ) which is arranged to support a substantially ring-shaped structure ( 2 ) supporting imaging means, which imaging means include a source of radiation ( 21 ) and a receiver of image information ( 22 ), which imaging means are arranged within said substantially, ring-shaped structure ( 2 ) supporting the imaging means substantially on opposite sides of each other and movable within said ring-shaped structure ( 2 ) supporting the imaging means, which apparatus includes in said ring-shaped structure ( 2 ) supporting the imaging means an examination opening ( 4 ) wherein the object to be imaged is positionable for imaging, and in which apparatus said substantially ring-shaped structure ( 2 ) supporting the imaging means is arranged movable with respect to said support construction ( 1 ) at least in the vertical direction and, on the other hand, turnable with respect to an axis substantially parallel with the horizontal diagonal of a radial cross-section of the ring-shaped structure ( 2 ) in question, characterized in that the apparatus is arranged with a patient support handlebar ( 5 ), which is arranged to be positioned in at least a first and a second position of which in the first position the patient support handlebar ( 5 ) functions as a patient support handlebar and in the second position it has some other function.