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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 02, 1998
René Romeas, Palaiseau, FR;
Eric Maurincomme, Buc, FR;
GE Medical Systems, S.A., , FR;
Abstract
The radiology instrument contains a source emitting X-radiation, a radiological image receiver, a chassis arranged between the X-ray source and the image receiver in order to accommodate an object to be radiographed, and a positioning and guiding device which can be connected to the chassis and can intercept the X-radiation so as to position and guide probes intended to interact with the object. The positioning and guiding device has first means forming a retractable guide grid having holes whose respective axes converge towards the focal point of the source when the first means intercept the conical radiation, and a retractable positioning grid with holes.