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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2019
Applicant:
Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/4476 (2013.01); A61B 6/4452 (2013.01); A61B 6/547 (2013.01);
Abstract
An X-ray imaging apparatus includes an X-ray tube, an X-ray detector, a moving body configured to support at least one of the X-ray tube and the X-ray detector in such a manner that at least the one of the X-ray tube and the X-ray detector is movable in a predetermined direction, a drive configured to provide an amount of assist for moving the moving body in the predetermined direction, and a controller configured or programmed to perform control to change the amount of assist to be provided to the moving body by the drive according to a height position of the moving body when the moving body is manually moved.