Otto-Von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg

Mathias Leopold

Georg Rose

Oliver Großer

Maciej Pech

Thomas Hoffman

Oliver Grosser

The invention relates to a computer-assisted tomography (CT) system having the following features: a) at least one X-ray source, b) at least one patient couch for supporting a patient, c) at least one collimator in the ray path of the X-rays from the X-ray source through the patient, wherein a targeted X-ray from among the total X-ray radiation of the X-ray source is radiated by the collimator onto the patient, d) at least one X-ray detector, provided permanently or at least temporarily in the ray path of the targeted X-ray radiated by the collimator through the patient, e) at least one automatically actuable drive mechanism, using which the collimator can be moved with respect to the radiation direction of the targeted X-ray passing through the collimator, relative to the patient and/or to the X-ray detector, f) at least one electronic control device that is configured to automatically actuate the drive mechanism.

Computer-assisted tomography system

The invention relates to a computer-assisted tomography (CT) system having the following features: a) at least one X-ray source, b) at least one patient couch for supporting a patient, c) at least one first X-ray detector, provided permanently or at least temporarily in the ray path of the X-rays radiated by the X-ray source through the patient couch, d) at least one second X-ray detector, provided permanently or at least temporarily in the ray path of the X-rays radiated by the X-ray source through the patient couch, e) at least one actuable drive mechanism, using which the first and/or second X-ray detector can be moved from a position in the ray path of the X-rays radiated by the X-ray source through the patient couch, to a position outside the ray path and vice versa, f) at least one electronic control device that is configured to actuate the drive mechanism.

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Magdeburg, Germany

Mathias Leopold