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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2017
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara, JP;
Keio University, Minato-ku, JP;
Keisuke Oishi, Nasushiobara, JP;
Katsumi Gotanda, Nasushiobara, JP;
Masahiro Jinzaki, Tokyo, JP;
Takeo Nagura, Tokyo, JP;
Naomichi Ogihara, Yokohama, JP;
CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Otawara, JP;
KEIO UNIVERSITY, Minato-ku, JP;
Abstract
According to one embodiment, an X-ray computed tomography apparatus includes a gantry body, a column, and fixing equipment. The gantry body includes a bore to form a field of view, and also includes an X-ray tube and an X-ray detector. The column supports the gantry body so that the gantry body is vertically movable with a central axis of the bore extending vertically to a floor face. The fixing equipment fixes a subject holder so that the subject holder is located on a passage of the bore and partially in the bore in a phase of attaching a subject to the subject holder.