Provided is a backscattered X-ray image device based on multi-sources. The backscattered X-ray image device includes an X-ray tube array configured to generate X-rays, first slit plates provided on the X-ray tube array and having a first slit through which the X-rays pass, second slit plates provided on the first slit plates and having second slits defined in a direction different from that of the first slit, and detectors provided on the second slit plates and having a narrow gap in the same direction as the first slit, the detectors being configured to detect a backscattered beam that is emitted from a subject receiving the X-rays.

A device for transferring a subject in a medical procedure may be provided. The device may include a transmission assembly configured to transfer a subject to a scanning region of a medical device. The device may further include a supporting assembly supporting the transmission assembly. The supporting assembly may include at least one board and at least two supporting units supporting the at least one board. The at least two supporting units may be disposed at two sides of the scanning region of the medical device.

An imaging apparatus includes a patient table with a gurney and a base. The gurney can slide between two extreme positions, an electrically supplied motoreducer controlled by a control unit causing the table to slide and having a lock/unlock system of the sliding that is mechanical, independent from the electrical supply, and manually controlled by a grabbing organ actuated by a human operator. The patient table may be provided together with a gantry having a housing transparent to light for at least part of its extension, and a control unit of the radiographic apparatus. The housing or a part thereof is associated with a source of light, and the control unit, when the apparatus is electrically supplied, and/or other status conditions are determined by a status sensor, causes the light source to be illuminated and the housing to light up in its translucent parts signalling the status condition.

A scanning table includes an upper pallet, a lower pallet, a support device, a driving device, an opening belt and an endless belt. The opening belt is fixedly coupled with the lower pallet. The endless belt is fixedly coupled with the upper pallet. A front end of the opening belt is provided with a first driving wheel coupled to the driving device. The lower pallet is driven by the first driving wheel to move in a front-back direction relative to the support device. The endless belt is sleeved on the lower pallet. When the lower pallet moves in the front-back direction relative to the support device, the endless belt moves synchronously with the lower pallet to drive the upper pallet to move in the same direction back and forth relative to the lower pallet.

A system for moving a patient into and from a medical apparatus includes a patient support arranged outside a treatment space of a medical apparatus, a treatment table arranged inside the treatment space in the medical apparatus and a patient bed movable in a longitudinal direction from the patient support to the treatment table and back by means of activation of a transferring mechanism. The patient bed is provided with at least a first communication channel for transferring communication signals.

An imaging apparatus includes a patient table with a gurney and a base. The gurney can slide between two extreme positions, an electrically supplied motoreducer controlled by a control unit causing the table to slide and having a lock/unlock system of the sliding that is mechanical, independent from the electrical supply, and manually controlled by a grabbing organ actuated by a human operator. The patient table may be provided together with a gantry having a housing transparent to light for at least part of its extension, and a control unit of the radiographic apparatus. The housing or a part thereof is associated with a source of light, and the control unit, when the apparatus is electrically supplied, and/or other status conditions are determined by a status sensor, causes the light source to be illuminated and the housing to light up in its translucent parts signalling the status condition.

A method automatically determines a weight of a patient lying on a tabletop of a patient positioning device. A motorized movement of the tabletop along at least one predeterminable axis sets the tabletop in an oscillation via an elastic drive train element, and the patient's weight is determined from a determined oscillation frequency. Therefore, the weight of a patient lying on a patient positioning device can be determined in a simple manner.

A medical imaging subject support table includes a belt conveyor system with a conveyor belt (18) maintained in tension and passing through a bore (14) of an imaging device (12); and motorized pulleys (20) disposed at opposite ends of the bore to move the conveyor belt through the bore. Table supports (24) are positioned outside of the bore of the imaging device on opposite ends of the bore and support the conveyor belt outside the bore of the imaging device.

A scanning table includes an upper pallet, a lower pallet, a support device, a driving device, an opening belt and an endless belt. The opening belt is fixedly coupled with the lower pallet. The endless belt is fixedly coupled with the upper pallet. A front end of the opening belt is provided with a first driving wheel coupled to the driving device. The lower pallet is driven by the first driving wheel to move in a front-back direction relative to the support device. The endless belt is sleeved on the lower pallet. When the lower pallet moves in the front-back direction relative to the support device, the endless belt moves synchronously with the lower pallet to drive the upper pallet to move in the same direction back and forth relative to the lower pallet.

CT-scanners for industrial use e.g. at abattoirs for scanning animal carcasses or cuttings hereof should be able to perform continuous scanning for an extended period of time and should be hygienic designed and be easy to clean. The CT scanner has an elongated tube forming a through-going opening for continuous conveying objects to be scanned through the CT-scanner and may have elongated detector pixel geometry leading to a fixed anisotropic spatial resolution. The CT-scanner is especially for scanning meat pieces to determine the quality such as the distribution of muscles and fat within the meat pieces.