Patent Document ID: 20020122537
Application ID: 10076928
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. An X-ray object positioning apparatus for use in X-ray imaging apparatus which irradiates X-rays an object to be examined to produce an X-ray absorption coefficient of a desired region of the object by means of X-rays transmitted through the object, the X-ray object positioning apparatus comprising: object fixing means for fixing and holding said object; imaging position moving means for relatively moving an X-ray imaging target area relative to the fixed object on said object fixing means; and display means for variably showing the relative positional relation between an object model corresponding to said object and an imaging target area index corresponding to said X-ray imaging target area; whereby the position between said object and said X-ray imaging target area is set by the moving operation for the position between said object model and said imaging target area index on said display means, in a manner that the relative positional relation between said object model and said X-ray imaging target area index, both displayed on said display means, conforms with the relative positional relation between said object and said X-ray imaging target area, moved by said imaging position moving means.