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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2012
Ronald B. Sharpless, Cleveland, OH (US);
Johannes Balthasar Maria Soetens, Esbeek, NL;
Ronald B. Sharpless, Cleveland, OH (US);
Johannes Balthasar Maria Soetens, Esbeek, NL;
KONLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
An imaging system () includes an annular shaped rotating gantry () having an aperture () and configured to support at least a radiation source, wherein the rotating gantry rotates about a rotation axis () around an examination region, and wherein the rotation axis is located within the aperture in a center region () of the examination region. The imaging system further includes a stationary gantry (), configured to rotatably support the rotating gantry. The stationary gantry includes a gantry base (), an annular shaped tilt frame () that rotatably supports the rotating gantry, and a tilt system () affixed to and between the gantry base and the tilt frame, wherein the tilt system defines a tilt axis () of the stationary gantry, the tilt axis is located between the gantry base and the rotation axis, and the tilt frame tilts about the tilt axis.