Various systems are provided for an X-ray system. In one example, a mobile X-ray system, comprises a moveable arm comprising an X-ray source arranged at a first end and an X-ray detector arranged at a second end. The mobile X-ray system further comprises an integrated, fluid-circulating cooling arrangement arranged within a housing shared with the X-ray source, wherein passages of the cooling arrangement do not extend outside the housing.

A mobile orthodontic treatment system includes comprising a mobile trailer and a panoramic machine provided within the trailer. The panoramic machine is configured to obtain a 2-D image of a patient's mouth and includes a base secured to the floor of the housing and a stanchion secured to the trailer by a bracket. The mobile orthodontic treatment system further includes a digital scanner and a monitor provided within the housing. The digital scanner is configured to obtain a 3-D image of the patient's mouth and display the image on the monitor. The digital scanner and the monitor are mounted on a wall of the housing by a wall mount articulating bracket. The mobile orthodontic treatment system further includes a lift assembly provided on one of a side and an end of the housing to enable disabled people to enter and exit the housing.

A computer tomograph operates by rigidly arranged x-ray tubes, which are components of emitter-detector elements, which form an emitter-detector ring opened by relocating one emitter-detector element. Each x-ray tube includes a cathode emitting electrons, and an anode arrangement having an anode. Each cathode has an orientation angle relative to the geometrical center axis of the computer tomograph. A tangential plane on the focal spot of the anode has a surface normal, which includes an anode angle with the center axis. X-ray radiation emitted from the focal spot is directed in a center radiation angle to an x-ray detector axially offset relative to the x-ray tubes. The quotient from the sum of the orientation angle, radiation angle and anode angle is between two ninths and two. Each cathode, interacting with an electrode arrangement of the x-ray tubes, produces a focal spot on one of selectable positions on the anode arrangement.

An anatomical imaging system comprising: a CT machine; and a transport mechanism mounted to the base of the CT machine, wherein the transport mechanism comprises a fine movement mechanism for moving the CT machine precisely, relative to the patient, during scanning.

An anatomical imaging system comprising: a CT machine; and a transport mechanism mounted to the base of the CT machine, wherein the transport mechanism comprises: a gross movement mechanism for transporting the CT machine relatively quickly across room distances; and a fine movement mechanism for moving the CT machine precisely, relative to the patient, during scanning.

An imaging system comprising: a scanner; and a transport mechanism mounted to the base of the scanner, wherein the transport mechanism comprises: a gross movement mechanism for transporting the scanner relatively quickly across room distances; and a fine movement mechanism for moving the scanner precisely, relative to the object being scanned, during scanning.

A method for scanning a patient comprising: providing an anatomical imaging system, the system comprising: a CT machine; and a transport mechanism mounted to the base of the CT machine, wherein the transport mechanism comprises: a gross movement mechanism for transporting the CT machine relatively quickly across room distances; and a fine movement mechanism for moving the CT machine precisely, relative to the patient, during scanning; transporting the CT machine to the patient, across room distances, using the gross movement mechanism; and scanning the patient while moving the CT machine precisely, relative to the patient, with the fine movement mechanism.

A method for scanning a patient, comprising: moving a CT machine across room distances to the patient; and scanning the patient while moving the CT machine precisely relative to the patient during scanning.

A method for scanning an object, comprising: moving a scanner across room distances to the object; and scanning the object while moving the scanner precisely relative to the object during scanning.

Provided is a novel medical image scanner gantry that includes at least one annular nozzle opening within the patient tunnel where the at least one annular nozzle opening directs a flow of pressurized air toward the back end of the patient tunnel which draws an amount of the ambient air into the patient tunnel to supplement the flow of pressurized air in the patient tunnel to help improve the patient's comfort.

The present invention relates to optimizing values for scan parameters for a scan of an object. An object specific exposure time is determined based on a maximal required value of a z-dependent tube current by exposure time product along a z-axis of the object and a maximal available tube current value of a tube used for the scan of the object (140). The maximal available tube current value depends on a tube voltage and maximal electric power of the tube at given focal spot area (110) and the z-dependent tube current by exposure time product profile is based on a dose index value or a pixel noise index value for the scan of the object, the tube voltage, and a z-dependent object size along the z-axis (120). The object specific exposure time is used for determining values of the scan parameters for the scan of the object (150).

The present disclosure is related to a system. The system may include a gantry, a detector assembly including a plurality of detector modules arranged on the gantry, and/or a cooling assembly configured to cool the detector assemble. Each of the plurality of detector modules may include a crystal array configured to detect radiation rays, and a shielding component configured to shield the crystal array from an electromagnetic interference. The cooling assembly may include a plurality of cooling components. Each of the plurality of cooling components may be embedded in a corresponding detector module of the plurality of detector modules.

For gamma ray detection, 3D tiling is made possible by modules that include a gamma ray detector with at least some electronics extending away from the detector as a side wall, leaving an air or low attenuation gap behind the gamma ray detector. The modules may be stacked to form arrays of any shape in 3D, including stacking to form a Compton detector with a scatter detector separated from the catcher detector by the low attenuation gap where the electronics form at least one side wall between the detectors. The modules may be stacked so that the detectors from the different modules are in different planes and/or not part of a same surface (e.g., same surface provided with just 1D or 2D tiling).

A power supply apparatus of a computerized tomography (CT) shelter system is provided. The power supply apparatus comprises a power source buffer unit and a generator. The power source buffer unit comprises a battery module and an inverter module. The battery module is used to store electric energy. The inverter module may convert low-level alternating-current power into direct-current power, which is then stored in the battery module, and may also convert the direct-current power stored in the battery module into high-level alternating-current power that is then supplied to a CT apparatus of the CT shelter system. The generator may generate the low-level alternating-current power that is then supplied to the inverter module, and the generator may also supply the generated low-level alternating-current power to an air conditioning apparatus of the CT shelter system.

An X-ray CT apparatus according to an embodiment includes a gantry, an air inlet, and an air outlet. The gantry supports an X-ray tube and an X-ray detector. The air inlet is provided in the gantry to draw air into the gantry from outside the gantry. The air outlet is provided in a lower section of the gantry to discharge air from the gantry through a path that houses a controller that controls the gantry.