Patent ID: 7086779

Claim:
A medical X-ray diagnostic installation comprising: a C-arm examination apparatus, including a C-arm; a first X-ray radiator attached to the C-arm; a radiation receiver attached to the C-arm for detecting X-rays emitted by the first X-ray radiator; a patient support having a surface adapted to receive a patient thereon, said patient support being disposed between said first x-ray radiator and said radiation receiver; a second X-ray radiator; and a mount to which said second X-ray radiator is attached to position said second x-ray radiator at a same side of said surface of said patient support as said first x-ray radiator, said mount having a mounting element allowing said mount to be attached to a ceiling of a room in which said C-arm examination apparatus is disposed, at a location allowing said radiation receiver to selectively detect X-rays emitted by said first X-ray radiator or X-rays emitted by said second X-ray radiator.