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.

Methods and systems are provided for collapsing a column of a mobile imaging system. In one example, a method may include collapsing a column coupled to a mobile imaging system in response to user interaction, while concomitantly driving the mobile imaging system.

An N-M tomography system comprising: a carrier for the subject of an examination procedure; a plurality of detector heads; a carrier for the detector heads; and a detector positioning arrangement operable to position the detector heads during performance of a scan without interference or collision between adjacent detector heads to establish a variable bore size and configuration for the examination. Additionally, collimated detectors providing variable spatial resolution for SPECT imaging and which can also be used for PET imaging, whereby one set of detectors can be selectably used for either modality, or for both simultaneously.

An X-ray shielding unit 19 includes a plurality of shielding slats, freely movable with an imaging system that is in place above a table, and each free end of the shielding slats extends toward the table and is the slats are arrayed in parallel along the long side of the table. A shielding switching element switches the X-ray shielding unit between a shielding state in which the X-ray exposure to the operator S is blocked and a releasing state. The shielding switching element includes a slat rotation mechanism rotating respective shielding slats on a short side axis of the table, and the slat rotation mechanism rotates the shielding slats during switching of the shielding state.

One or more example embodiments relates to an image recording facility for a medical imaging system including a radiation source configured to emit radiation; a patient table having a tabletop for supporting a patient during image recording; a radiation detector configured to detect the radiation, the radiation detector being in or under the tabletop; a first bearing apparatus of bearing apparatuses bearing the radiation source; and a second bearing apparatus of the bearing apparatuses bearing the patient table.

A urological device include a patient table with longitudinal and broad sides, and an X-ray imaging system containing an X-ray source and an X-ray detector for detecting the X-ray radiation emitted by the X-ray source towards the patient on the patient table. A first linear drive is provided for moving the X-ray source parallel to the broad side and a second linear drive is provided for moving the X-ray detector parallel to the broad side, but in an opposite direction. A dedicated pivoting mechanism is configured to pivot the X-ray source around a first pivot axis.

Various systems are provided for damping vibration in a mobile radiographic imaging system. In one embodiment, a vibration damping assembly for a C-arm imaging system comprises a pivot element rotatably coupled to a toe portion of the C-arm imaging system and configured to form an interface between the toe portion, a damping element, and a ground surface on which the C-arm imaging system sits.

Provided herein is technology relating to radiology and radiotherapy and particularly, but not exclusively, to apparatuses, methods, and systems for multi-axis medical imaging of patients in vertical and horizontal positions.

A radiation apparatus including a support column, a rotatable arm that is configured to rotate around a first pivot relative to the support column, a first arm rotatably attached to one side of the rotatable arm to rotate about a second pivot, the first arm holding a imaging device, and a second arm rotatably attached to an other side of the rotatable arm to rotate about a third pivot, the second arm holding a radiation source, wherein radiation axis of the radiation source is configured to irradiate an imaging plane of the imaging device.

An N-M tomography system comprising: a carrier for the subject of an examination procedure; a plurality of detector heads; a carrier for the detector heads; and a detector positioning arrangement operable to position the detector heads during performance of a scan without interference or collision between adjacent detector heads to establish a variable bore size and configuration for the examination. Additionally, collimated detectors providing variable spatial resolution for SPECT imaging and which can also be used for PET imaging, whereby one set of detectors can be selectably used for either modality, or for both simultaneously.