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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2016
Applicant:
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
Inventors:
Yasutaka Shindo, Nasushiobara, JP;
Hiroki Osaki, Otawara, JP;
Assignee:
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/035 (2013.01); A61B 6/4447 (2013.01); A61B 6/5205 (2013.01); A61B 6/4488 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to one embodiment, an X-ray computed tomography apparatus includes a gantry for imaging a subject by X-ray CT and a console communicably connected to the gantry. The gantry includes a gantry body and a column unit. The gantry body has a bore into which the subject is inserted when the subject is imaged by X-ray CT. The column unit includes a first column which supports the gantry body slidably in a direction perpendicular to a floor surface and a second column which supports the first column slidably in a vertical direction.