Patent ID: 8578529

Claim:
A bed for a medical image scanning apparatus comprising: a base; an upper portion frame that supports a top board; and a lifting and lowering device that is positioned between the base and the upper portion frame and lifts and lowers the upper portion frame, wherein the lifting and lowering device includes: an arm portion to change height in a vertical direction with respect to the base; an upper connecting portion that connects an upper end of the arm portion to the upper portion frame, and includes a guide rail that is fixed to a lower surface of the upper portion frame and regulates a movement along a longitudinal direction of the upper portion frame, a rail receiving block that moves in the longitudinal direction along the guide rail, and a rotation axis that penetrates the rail receiving block and an upper end of the arm portion; and a lateral movement device which relatively moves the rail receiving block and the rotation axis along a lateral direction which is a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction in the top board surface of the top board.