An intraoral x-ray system mountable to a dentist’s office wall including components movable to compensate for defects in the wall’s flatness or the wall not being sufficiently perpendicular to the floor. The system also includes monitoring and compensation capabilities to compensate for drift in the position of the system’s x-ray source or patient movement before and during x-ray imaging, thereby avoiding the need for the taking of additional x-ray images and exposing the patient unnecessarily to extra x-ray dose. Additionally, the system further includes a data/signal processing unit that allows the x-ray source to be precisely moved along a predetermined trajectory and allows the system to perform computed tomosynthesis examinations of a patient. In addition, the x-ray source is attachable/detachable from the system’s robotic arm, with the system compensating automatically for the change in weight at the robotic arm’s end due to removal of the x-ray source.

An MR-PET apparatus is provided. The MR-PET apparatus may include a supporting component, a PET detection device, an RF coil, and a signal shielding component. The PET detection device may be supported on the supporting component. The PET detection device may be configured to receive a plurality of photons. The RF coil may be configured to generate or receive a radio frequency (RF) signal. The signal shielding component may be placed between the PET detection device and the RF coil. The signal shielding component may be configured to shield the PET detection device from at least part of the RF signal.

An X-ray Computed Tomography (CT) apparatus according to an embodiment includes a gantry. The gantry includes: a rotating base rotatably supported; a plurality of units fixed to the rotating base; and a fixing member that is separately provided, is positioned apart from the rotating base, and is configured to fix at least two of the plurality of units with each other.

Featured is a drape for an imaging system base slidably supporting a gimbal and gantry. The preferred drape includes a sheet configured to extend from a first end of the base, between the gimbal and the gantry, and to a second end of the base, one or more sleeves associated with the sheet, and one or more stretchable members (e.g., elastic cords) slidably disposed in said one or more sleeves and stretchable from the first end of the base to the second end of the base.

A Compton camera for medical imaging is divided into segments with each segment including part of the scatter detector, part of the catcher detector, and part of the electronics. The different segments may be positioned together to form the Compton camera arcing around part of the patient space. By using segments, any number of segments may be used to fit with a multi-modality imaging system.

A modular X-ray source and method for replacement of such an X-ray source are disclosed. The source is inside a consumable modular enclosure where the entire assembly is swapped out during maintenance. The enclosure covers an X-ray tube, high voltage circuit boards 6 and cooling insulating oil are arranged inside the module enclosure. The enclosure structure includes an X-ray window, connector engagement alignment guide and electrical connectors. The modular X-ray source is used in a multiple source tomosynthesis imaging system where multiple pulsed X-ray sources are utilized. The easy replacement of X-ray tube assembly inside the consumable modular enclosure results in lower maintenance cost and overall reliable X-ray imaging machine. The modular source has potential to increase the machine volume in the field and create new standards for replaceable modular X-ray source.

An imaging apparatus for use with an imaging device in order to image a subject. The imaging device includes an annular gantry having an opening and a table to accommodate the subject or a portion thereof for imaging. The imaging apparatus includes a platform and a positioning device. The imaging device is mounted to the platform. The annular gantry is in a fixed position relative to the platform. The table is horizontally displaceable relative to the annular gantry. The positioning device supports the platform and is configured to horizontally displace the platform relative to a supporting surface for the subject. The positioning device is configured to position the platform with the imaging device in at least one operational state in such a way that, during a relative movement of the table with respect to the annular gantry, the table remains stationary relative to the supporting surface.

A radiography apparatus includes an upright imaging stand that is used for radiography on a subject, a camera as a detection sensor that immediately detects a state of the subject with respect to the upright imaging stand, a tablet terminal, and a reflective member. The tablet terminal displays a notification screen including an image output from the camera. The reflective member reflects the notification screen such that the subject facing the upright imaging stand visually recognizes the image.

A fluid coolant system for a gantry of a medical imaging apparatus cools scalable detector electronic assemblies (DEAs) within the gantry. Each DEA includes therein a first chill plate for cooling detector elements and a second chill plate for cooling electronic components and power supplies. Coolant flow cascades sequentially through the first chill plate and then through the second chill plate. Plural DEAs in an interconnected chain cascade coolant in sequence through all their first chill plates, before cascading the coolant through all their second chill plates. A matrix of the scalable DEAs are circumferentially and axially oriented within the imaging system's gantry, for any axial length scanning field of the imaging apparatus.

A radiography apparatus includes: an irradiation unit that emits radiation; an arm that can hold the irradiation unit and an image receiving unit in a facing posture; a first rotation mechanism that rotates the arm; and a friction mechanism that is switchable between a first state in which a frictional force is applied to the arm in a direction opposite to a direction in which the arm is rotated and a second state in which the frictional force applied to the arm is less than that in the first state.