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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2023
Applicant:
Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SHIMADZU CORPORATION, Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 (2024.01); A61B 6/10 (2006.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); A61B 6/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/547 (2013.01); A61B 6/102 (2013.01); A61B 6/545 (2013.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); A61B 6/0407 (2013.01); A61B 6/4441 (2013.01);
Abstract
An Xray imaging apparatus is provided with an X-ray source, an X-ray detector, an arm, an arm driving mechanism, an X-ray detector moving mechanism, a model acquisition unit for acquiring a subject model of a surface shape of the subject, and a controller configured to select a target position where a distance of the X-ray detector to a surface of the subject model is shorter, out of a first target position set based on a position of the subject model and a preset second target position and perform a control to move the X-ray detector toward the selected target position.