| US 7,545,905 B2 | ||
| X-ray CT examination installation and CT method of examining objects | ||
| Martin Münker, Gevelsberg (Germany); Oliver Rokitta, Ennepetal (Germany); and Faissal Laakel, Bochum (Germany) | ||
| Assigned to Yxlon International X-Ray GmbH, Hamburg (Germany) | ||
| Filed on Aug. 03, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/499,478. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 10 2005 036 527 (DE), filed on Aug. 03, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2009/0074131 A1, Mar. 19, 2009 | ||
| Int. Cl. G01N 23/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 378—20 [378/208] | 13 Claims |
| 1. X-ray CT examination installation, with an X-ray tube with a focus, which creates a fan beam or a conical beam which X-rays
the whole of a detector at a fixed distance from the focus, and with an examination carriage, for supporting an object to
be examined, which has an axis of rotation rotatable perpendicular to the fan beam,
wherein the examination carriage has a fixing device positioned inside the fan beam close to an edge axis which meets the
detector at the edge,
characterized in that
the examination carriage has a moving device allowing it to be moved on a measuring line which runs diagonally at an angle
to a central axis which centrally meets the detector.
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