Patent ID: 7305062

Claim:
An X-ray system, comprising first and second X-ray arrays, the first X-ray array having a first X-ray source and a first X-ray detector, the second X-ray array having a second X-ray source and a second X-ray detector, wherein the first and second X-ray arrays are configured to: be swiveled around a common swiveling axis, and arrange an examination object within a range related to the swiveling axis, wherein the first and second X-ray detectors are: arranged opposite the X-ray sources relative to the swiveling axis, and embodied as flat-panel detectors, such that irradiating the object is registered relative to a first irradiation plane using the first X-ray detector and relative to a second irradiation plane using the second X-ray detector, wherein the first and second irradiation planes: include the swiveling axis, and run perpendicular to a connecting line linking the first X-ray source to the first X-ray detector or the second X-ray source to the second X-ray detector, wherein: a surface area of the second irradiation plane is smaller than a surface area of the first irradiation plane, and the first irradiation plane completely covers the second irradiation plane, and wherein the first X-ray array is configured to alternatively be swiveled around the swiveling axis either together with the second X-ray array or without the second X-ray array, and wherein: the second X-ray array is configured to be put into an operating position for swiveling together with the first X-ray array, and the second X-ray array is removed from the operating position for swiveling only the first X-ray array around the swiveling axis.