Patent ID: 7887237

Claim:
A computed tomography apparatus comprising: a stationary apparatus part; a gantry mounted at said stationary part for rotation around a system axis, said gantry being mounted at said stationary part so as to be tiltable around a tilting axis extending perpendicularly relative to said system axis; a plurality of apparatus components carried by said gantry for co-rotation with said gantry around said system axis, said plurality of components including computed tomography data acquisition components configured to acquire computed tomography data as said gantry rotates around said system axis; a cooling device that cools at least said computed tomography data acquisition components, said cooling device including an airflow channel in said gantry having at least one air feed channel and at least one air discharge channel located between said stationary part and said gantry to introduce an airflow into the gantry from the stationary part, with said airflow being conducted out of said gantry via said at least one air discharge channel, said at least one air discharge channel being oriented and configured to produce a directed discharge of said airflow in a predetermined discharge direction; and said cooling device comprising an air directing channel connected to said air discharge channel configured to deflect the airflow exiting from the air discharge channel at a predetermined angle relative to said tilting axis, and said air directing channel comprising channel walls covered with a cladding, said cladding being comprised of a sound-damping material.