Abstract: For the purpose of providing an RF coil that prevents a troublesome force from arising when a hanging portion is lifted up, a pair of handhold members 308 is provided along a side that corresponds to an inner side of a cylinder 110, each member extending from one end to the other end of one of a pair of flexible substrates 304 so that an operator can lift the hanging portion up using such handhold member.

Abstract: For the purpose of always keeping the positional relationship fixed between a support section for supporting a supported object and a base section for receiving the support section, the present apparatus comprises: a support section 500 for horizontally supporting a supported object; a base section 112 having a horizontal plane on its top; and a position adjusting section 300 provided between the support section and the base section, for moving the support section forward/backward between a position above the horizontal plane and a position off the horizontal plane while keeping the support section at a level higher than the horizontal plane, and for moving the support section upward/downward between a position higher than the horizontal plane and a position lower than the horizontal plane at the position off the horizontal plane.

Abstract: In order to provide an aperture position adjusting mechanism in an X-ray CT system with low cost and high accuracy to enable stable reconstruction of X-ray tomographic images, a first shaft (23) is provided with a bore (23a) at a position offset from a center axis, and is rotatably supported by a base plate (20) orthogonally to a pair of rails (21a, 21b). A second shaft (25) is received and is rotatably supported within the bore (23a) through the first shaft (23). The aperture (6) is moved along the rails (21a, 21b) as the second shaft (25) is eccentrically rotated by a motor (7) and, following the eccentric rotation and in a direction opposite to that of the rotation, the first shaft (23) is eccentrically rotated around the center axis of the bore (23a).

Abstract: In order to produce X-ray radiographic images consistently with high quality regardless of the magnitude of body thickness or motion of an examined site, a radiographic irradiation time threshold readout section 4 reads a radiographic irradiation time threshold Th corresponding to an examined site input by an operator out of a radiographic irradiation time threshold table 3, and an irradiation condition determining section 5 and radiographic irradiation time comparing section 6 select a larger radiographic focus size as the radiographic focus size for an X-ray tube 1 if Th<radiographic irradiation time Ts, and select a smaller radiographic focus size if Th radiographic irradiation time Ts.

Abstract: In order to provide a table and an MR apparatus which allows moving of a cradle and scanning to be simultaneously performed, in a table 55 comprising a table body 57, a cradle 59 provided on the table body 57 and driving means 61 for driving the cradle 59, the driving means 61 has a hydraulic motor (i.e., a driving source utilizing fluid pressure) 69 as a driving source.