X-ray bone densitometry

Details X-ray bone densitometry X-ray bone densitometry

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A61B 6/00 (2006.01) A61B 6/04 (2006.01) A61B 6/06 (2006.01) A61B 6/08 (2006.01) G21K 1/10 (2006.01) G21K 5/10 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2163504

An x-ray bone densitometry apparatus having a patient table with a length extending along a Y-axis and a width extending along an X-axis and a C-arm supporting an x-ray source at one side and an x-ray detector at an opposite side of the table such that the source and detector are aligned along a source-detector axis which is transverse to the Y-axis. The source is selectively energized to emit a fan beam of x-rays which conform to a beam plane which is transverse to the Y-axis and contains the source-detector axis. Either, or both, the C-arm or the table are selectively movable relative to the other along the X- axis, along the Y-axis, and along a Z-axis which is transverse to both the X-axis and the Y-axis so that selected regions of a patient on the table can be selectively scanned with the fan beam of X-rays. In addition, the C-arm is selectively rotatable around a rotational axis extending along the Y-axis to selectively change the angle of the fan beam with respect to a patient on the table.

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