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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 1995
Filed:
Jun. 24, 1994
Yasuo Nobuta, Tochigi, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
An X-ray CT scanner, favorable to mass screening, has a gantry in which an X-ray tube radiates an X-ray beam for a patient carrying through an opening for scanning formed therein. The X-ray tube rotates inside the gantry under scanning. The scanner has also an element for reconstructing computed tomography images with using data of the X-ray beam received through the patient. The scanner comprises a couch having a tabletop on which the patient lies down, the tabletop being movable along a longitudinal direction of the couch. Also provided are an element for carrying the tabletop from an initial position through the opening and an element for recognizing a predetermined longitudinal scan range while the tabletop is being carried. Further provided is an element for working the reconstruction element when the scan range is recognized.