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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2022
Siemens Healthineers Ag, Forchheim, DE;
Stefan Lautenschlaeger, Nuremberg, DE;
Roman Achleitner, Nuremberg, DE;
SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS AG, Forchheim, DE;
Abstract
A computed tomography device comprises: a gantry with an opening and a radiation protection apparatus configured to cover the opening, wherein the opening is configured to receive an examination object introduced into the opening along a system axis of the gantry; wherein the radiation protection apparatus has a radiation protection curtain, a curtain mounting and a pivot apparatus; wherein the curtain mounting has a bar-shaped area; wherein an upper edge of the radiation protection curtain is attached to the bar-shaped area such that the radiation protection curtain is stretched along the bar-shaped area and hangs down from the bar-shaped area; and wherein the curtain mounting is pivotably supported relative to the gantry about a pivot axis via the pivot apparatus.