Patent ID: 8172460

Claim:
A CT scanning device, comprising: a scanning gantry configured to tilt about a gantry rotation center, wherein said scanning gantry is configured to scan a subject and to collect scanning data; a supporting means for a scanning table; a supporting base for fixing and supporting the scanning gantry, wherein said supporting means supports said scanning table, and said supporting means is mounted on said supporting base and located between said scanning gantry and said supporting base; and a bearing bracket for fixing and mounting said scanning gantry such that said scanning gantry is mounted on said supporting base through said bearing bracket and such that a connection point between said bearing bracket and said supporting base is a tilting and wiggling point of said scanning gantry around which said scanning gantry can tilt and wiggle, such that said scanning table is configured to at least one of maintain a relative position in said scanning gantry and maintain a substantially horizontal alignment during tilting of said scanning gantry.