Provided is an image processing apparatus for a C-arm, including: a movement control unit which moves a C-arm which irradiates a radiation onto a bone of a subject located on a table and detects the radiation which penetrates the bone to generate a projection image for the bone, along a predetermined route; an image acquiring unit which acquires a plurality of projection images generated by the moving C-arm at every predetermined interval; and an image processing unit which generates a combined projection image in which the plurality of acquired projection images is combined, and the predetermined interval may be an interval at which a continuous panoramic image may be generated by connecting the plurality of acquired projection images.

An X-ray sleeve is configured to be releasably attached a mattress cover. The sleeve is configured to receive an X-ray cassette, protected from foreign substances, such as against contaminants, such as bodily fluids, and can be removeable for sterilization and sanitation.

A CT apparatus includes a radiation source that emits radiation, a radiation detector that detects the radiation, an annular frame to which the radiation source and the radiation detector are attached and in which a subject is positioned in a bore, and three columns that hold the frame to be movable up and down in a vertical direction.

To provide technology that reduces vibrations in a yawing direction. A driving device 70 that drives a table 4 provided with a structure 50 including a cradle 40, comprising: a shaft 96 rotatable about a rotation axis along a longitudinal direction of the cradle 40; a first conversion part 100A provided on a first end side of the shaft 96 and that converts a rotational motion of the shaft 96 into a linear motion for moving the structure 50 in a transverse direction, where the transverse direction is a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the cradle 40 and a height direction of the table 4; and a second conversion part 100B provided on a second end side of the shaft 96 and that converts the rotational motion of the shaft 96 into a linear motion.

A method of adaption of a medical computed tomography imaging process to an individual respiration behaviour of a patient comprises: recording a respiratory movement of a patient by monitoring a respiratory surrogate, and adapting the medical computed tomography imaging process based on the recorded respiratory movement of the patient. An adaption device and a medical computed tomography imaging system are also described.

A multi-axis imaging system comprising an imaging gantry with an imaging axis extending through a bore of the imaging gantry, a support column that supports the imaging gantry on one side of the gantry in a cantilevered manner, and a base that supports the imaging gantry and the support column. The imaging system including a first drive mechanism that translates the gantry in a vertical direction relative to the support column and the base, a second drive mechanism that rotates the gantry with respect to the support column between a first orientation where the imaging axis of the imaging gantry extends in a vertical direction parallel to the support column and a second orientation where the imaging axis of the gantry extends in a horizontal direction parallel with the base, and a third drive mechanism that translates the support column and the gantry in a horizontal direction along the base.

A system and method are disclosed for a patient positioning device for beam radiation therapy and radiological imaging. The system includes a base and a patient support surface coupled to the base, and the patient support surface includes a lower patient support hingedly coupled to the base and an upper support hingedly coupled to the lower patient support. The system also includes a substantially flat hinge that forms a continuous upper surface with an upper support surface of the lower patient support and the lower patient support.

Systems and methods relate to multi-modal imaging of tissue combined with highly focused radiation interventions. The system is a portable multimodal imaging unit that integrates imaging and image analysis. The system can be retrofitted to use with any commercial radiation therapy machine. In one aspect, a system integrates various imaging modalities into a single, coordinated structure. The system integrates X-ray and cone beam computed tomography (CBCT), optical imaging (such as bioluminescent imaging (BLI), fluorescence tomography (FT)), and positron emission tomography (PET) imaging in a single, self-contained structure.

Systems and methods are provided for a patient support device for an x-ray device for use during an examination of a patient including a patient couch and at least one support (6) bearing the patient couch. The patient couch includes a first, x-ray-transparent material disposed in an at least partially flexible covering made from a second x-ray-transparent material. The first material includes a solid, dimensionally stable state and a deformable state, in particular at least partially liquid and/or gaseous state, that are linked by reversible phase transitions. The patient support device further includes at least one induction device for inducing at least one of the phase transitions of the first material between the states by applying and/or removing energy.

An interventional unmanned operation chamber system is provided. The system includes a catheter chamber, which is an area for interventional operation and is provided with a catheter bed therein. The control chamber is arranged close to the catheter chamber, and an observation window is arranged between the catheter chamber and the control chamber. The catheter chamber has intervenient operation robot, master control robot, puncture robot, catheter and guidewire replacing robot that cooperate with each other to work internally. A DSA device and a contrast agent injection device are arranged on the catheter bed. The monitoring device is arranged in the control chamber and is in communication with the robots, the DSA device and the contrast agent injection device, and is used for displaying information of each device and the robot, synchronously updating in real time and supervising by a doctor. The controller is arranged in the control chamber.