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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 1976
Filed:
Sep. 02, 1975
Chuji Tomita, Tokyo, JA;
Kazuo Kobayashi, Kashiwa, JA;
Tadayoshi Hamana, Tokyo, JA;
Yoshinori Takahashi, Tokyo, JA;
Hitachi Medical Corporation, Tokyo, JA;
Abstract
A tomographic apparatus in which an X-ray tube and a film travel in straight, circular, elliptical, near-hypocycloidal and spiral paths about a fixed point of an object, keeping a certain positional relationship between them. The X-ray tube and the film are supported by a link mechanism retaining the aforesaid positional relationship, and the above-mentioned movement is achieved by a control means. The control means comprises: a drive mechanism having an internal gear, and a planetary gear, in mesh with the internal gear, rotates itself and moves around the internal gear; and a control mechanism for controlling rotation of those gears.