Patent ID: 7753587

Claim:
A patient table for a medical radiation therapy system or radiation diagnosis system, comprising: a bearing surface having a top surface and a base surface, the bearing surface having a surface radiation absorption, the surface radiation absorption being measured per radiated surface unit of the bearing surface, and a support jacket surrounding a cavity, where a cavity thickness of the cavity is continuously reduced from a central longitudinal plane toward first and second lateral edges of the bearing surface, wherein radiation that is perpendicularly incident on the bearing surface reduces along a transversal direction from the central longitudinal plane of the bearing surface toward the first and second lateral edges of the bearing surface, wherein an angle-dependent radiation absorption of the bearing surface is a function of an angle of incidence along a radiation path that is aligned to a central isocenter, the central isocenter being disposed at a distance above the bearing surface, and wherein the top surface has a uniform surface radiation absorption from the first lateral edge to the second lateral edge.