Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

Kunitaka Kato

Teruomi Gunji

Sukekiyo Narita

Tomiji Kamata

Masayuki Ariba

As mat is used in an X-ray diagnostic apparatus such as an X-ray CT apparatus. This mat comprises: a foaming plastic plate having at least major surfaces and edge portions, a biological body under medical examination being positioned above one of the major surfaces; and a waterproof sheet having an X-ray absorption coefficient higher than that of the foaming plastic plate, for covering the foaming plastic plate in such a manner that planes of the waterproof sheet at said edge portions of the foaming plastic plate are not positioned in parallel with parallel planes of the major surfaces.

Mat with low X-ray absorption for X-ray diagnosis

An x-ray photographing apparatus includes a first x-ray image detecting unit having a first x-ray image detection region, a second x-ray image detecting unit arranged in tandem with the first x-ray image detecting unit and having a second x-ray image detection region, and a bed apparatus having a subject placing unit for moving a subject to be examined between the first and second x-ray image detection regions. The first x-ray image detecting unit performs x-ray film photography and fluoroscopy of the lower limbs of a subject to be examined. The second x-ray image detecting unit performs x-ray film photography of the entire region of the lower limbs of the subject. The bed apparatus serves to perform photography of a blood vessel with a contrast medium. The subject placing unit can arbitrarily perform moving and stopping operations between the first and second x-ray image detection region. In addition, the subject placing member can perform a continuous moving operation and a step moving operation between the first and second x-ray image detection regions.

X-ray photographing apparatus

A protection cover includes a pressure responsive means mounted within the cover along its inner wall surface and which operates responsive to external forces to be exerted upon contact with a neighboring object. The protection cover is provided at a portion where physical contact may occur between any of movable or rotating component devices of an X-ray diagnostic apparatus, such as, an X-ray exposure unit or an image intensifier, and a neighboring object which is in the path of the component devices, such as, a subject or a catheter table. The protection cover may, for example, be provided at a moving end of a component X-ray diagnostic apparatus, such as, the forward end of the image intensifier, or may be mounted, instead of being mounted on a movable component device, on a neighboring object at its side facing to the movable part of the component devices, such as, a stand section of the catheter table, which lies in the path of a moving part of the X-ray radiographing component devices.

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Utsunomiya, Japan

Kunitaka Kato