Abstract: A main body of a diagnostic table apparatus holds a supporting body slidably. The supporting body holds an X-ray tube and an X-ray flat panel detector so as to face each other. A tabletop of the diagnostic table is fitted rotatably to the main body of the diagnostic table apparatus via a hinge as a diagnostic table withdrawing mechanism. In case a chest radiography is to be taken in a standing position, the tabletop of the diagnostic table is withdrawn, an X-ray is irradiated from the back of the subject who faces an X-ray flat panel detector and puts his or her chin on a chin holder.

Abstract: A holder for retaining an x-ray cassette against a bottom surface of a patient support deck is provided. The patient support deck is part of a bed that has an outer frame with first and second side frame members. The holder includes a cassette channel member configured to receive an end of the x-ray cassette. The channel member is pivotably coupled to the first side frame member and is pivotable from a storage position to an x-ray position. A cassette retainer is coupled to the frame. The retainer is configured to engage the x-ray cassette and hold it against the bottom surface of the deck.

Abstract: An integrated positioning device for a tomotherapy treatment couch is disclosed. The integrated positioning device has a central frame, two positioning tables, and an attachment arm. The central frame is mounted on the base of the tomotherapy treatment couch. The positioning tables position the moveable tabletop of the treatment couch in the lateral and longitudinal directions. Each table is able to position and lock the tabletop in one of the directions to a high degree of accuracy. The attachment arm connects the positioning tables to the tabletop and holds the tabletop in position for tomotherapy treatments.

Abstract: Controlling the stepping of an x-ray angiography imaging device (and/or table), and/or providing a visualization aid for stepping an x-ray angiography imaging device (and/or table), to maximize the diagnostic usefulness of images acquired by the x-ray angiography imaging device. The stepping and visualization aid use features, extracted from captured images, of the state of contrast media injected into a patient.

Abstract: A control apparatus for controlling movement of a table supporting an object under inspection in a medical diagnosis system includes a driving power unit for moving the table, a position detector for outputting a signal indicating a position of the table, a positioning servo-control unit for controlling the driving power unit so that the detected position signal coincides with a given desired value, a manipulating force detector for outputting a force signal corresponding to a manipulating force applied by an operator, a force-to-position conversion unit for converting the force signal into a position change quantity for the table, a force control unit for controlling the driving power unit in accordance with the position change quantity so long as the manipulating force is being detected, and a change-over unit for selecting either the positioning servo-control unit or the force control unit in response to operation of the operator.

Abstract: A X-ray photographing apparatus is suitable for use for a doctor to take X-ray photographing while performing medical treatment, and is capable of positioning a patient at a height at which operations are made ease in accordance with contents of medical treatment.

Abstract: An actuator for a patient support table, such as a table allocated to a magnetic resonance or computed tomography system, that is movable in vertical and horizontal direction, the motion mode being controlled with a control unit dependent on the actuation of the actuator, has two actuation positions enabling the movement mode to which two defined movement modes are respectively allocated. The currently allowable and implementable movement mode is dependent on the momentary table position.

Abstract: A bed includes a frame, a patient support deck coupled to the frame, and an x-ray tray located below the deck. The x-ray tray is configured to receive an x-ray cassette. The bed also includes a lifting mechanism located between the frame and the x-ray tray to move the x-ray tray from a lower first position spaced apart from the deck to permit loading of the x-ray cassette on the x-ray tray and an elevated second position located closer to the deck.

Abstract: One requirement imposed on a patient table is that it may occupy only a small floor surface area. Therefore, a patient table having a compact base is required. For a variety of applications, moreover, it is desired that the table is also constructed to be very rigid in the direction of adjustment of its height. To this end, the height adjustment system supporting the table is provided with a drive mechanism which consists of two mutually parallel threaded spindles (54, 56) which pass through an associated nut (50, 52) and expand in two mutually opposed directions. The two threaded spindles are preferably driven by a single motor (70). In order to achieve adequate rigidity in the horizontal direction, the hinge is constructed so as to comprise two arms (28, 30) only.

Abstract: A medical system, such as an X-ray diagnostic device, having adjustable components, including a patient table, and having a monitoring device for determining the relative positions of the components and preventing collisions between them. Signals indicating the positions, the directions of motion and the speeds of movement of the components are fed directly from the drives and sensors of the components to the monitoring device. Calculations for controlling the components are carried out by a neural network, which has been appropriately trained in a learning phase.

Abstract: A preliminary simulated patient setup is done with a x-ray unit (14) or an ultrasound unit (16) with patient on a flat table top insert (68) on preliminary imaging tables (12) in preliminary imaging support rooms (10). Patient is transported from tables to table by sliding the flat table top insert (68) on these tables' cradle. If surgery is to be done, before or after surgery, patient is transferred to flat table top insert (68). Multiple preliminary imaging tables (12) are connected to patient transport room (26). It also connects to CT or MRI imaging room (32). A patient transport table (28), in patient transport room (26) makes connection with preliminary imaging tables (12), a mobile surgical table (22) and CT or MRI-table (36). After imaging, patient is unloaded to a patient unloading room (66).

Abstract: An X-ray diagnostic apparatus, includes a table underframe and a base unit for supporting the table underframe which can be swiveled about a horizontal axis, and also includes a displacement device for displacing the table underframe relative to the base unit. The device for swiveling the table underframe is usually a complex construction which is expensive to manufacture. Moreover, the supporting therein is often problematic. Therefore, in a simple construction a first point of a guide rod is arranged at a hinge point on the base unit and a second point of the guide rod is arranged at a hinge point on the table underframe, so that a swiveling motion of the table underframe is imposed upon displacement of the table underframe with respect to the base unit.

Abstract: A medical diagnostic and/or therapy apparatus in the form of an X-ray apparatus, including a stand (2), a C-arm (4) and a patient table top (8) which is attached to the stand by way of a supporting arm (6). In order to enable the patient table top to be cleared very quickly from the C-arm (i.e. make it accessible from all sides), notably in trauma situations, the supporting arm of the patient table is rotatable about a vertical axis (22) with respect to the stand. The pivot (25) of the supporting arm is situated at the location of attachment of the supporting arm to the stand, so that when it is swung away, the table requires substantially less space in its longitudinal direction than in the prior art. Moreover, room then remains for an additional treatment apparatus in the treatment space, for example for a tomography arc (26) which can then be positioned around the swung away table top within a few seconds in the case of emergency.

Abstract: A mirror for use in a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) apparatus is mounted above a bed of the MRI apparatus. The mirror is mounted onto a support arm that extends above and over the bed. The support arm is preferably transparent so as to minimize the amount of claustrophobic feelings induced in a patient. The support arm is attached at a lower end onto a base and also has teeth for insertion within a channel of the bed. The base has a ridge which is inserted into a second channel of the bed and has a post with a cam-shaped end for locking the mirror to the bed. The mirror can be moved to any location along the length of the bed and can also be moved to either side of the bed. Consequently, the location of the mirror can be easily adjusted according to the position of the patient so that the patient will always receive images reflected off of the mirror.

Abstract: A medical inspection system comprising a medical inspection part, a patient table movable relative to the medical inspection part and a position detector for locating the position of the patient table. According to the present invention, the system is controlled by various kinds of control computers so that the position of the patient table with respect to the medical inspection can be securely located. This system is applied to a X-ray CT system. The present invention also provides a method for locating the patient table with respect to the medical inspection part of the system.

Abstract: An accessory has a fixed member and a rotatably supported and eccentrically mounted disk which are each inserted into a corresponding one of a pair of crescent-shaped indentations formed on a panel of a couch top. As the disk is rotated, its center moves towards the fixed member, causing the disk to press against the inner wall of the indentation and locking the accessory to the panel securely and repeatably.

Abstract: An examination table for supporting a patient in a medical examination apparatus has a positioning plate and a floor stand, the positioning plate being adjustable in height and able to be tilted. The examination table is very simple and space-saving in construction, but still allows a tilting of the positioning plate into a vertical position, by virtue of the floor stand having a curved girder which has a base end at the floor fastened rotatably about a horizontal shaft, and the positioning plate is provided with a mount that is movably attached to the girder so that the mount with the positioning plate can be moved along the longitudinal direction of the girder.

Abstract: A gamma camera equipped with at least two radiation detectors inclined in relation to each other and a patient-carrier bed including a platform which includes a window that is more transparent to radiation than the rest of the platform. The platform includes two parts defining the window therebetween and connected to each other by a lateral arch.

Abstract: A radiotherapy couch top has a frame and preferably a pair of beams extending parallel to each other, capable independently of moving towards or away from each other while keeping their mutually parallel longitudinal direction. For supporting the beams in this way, at least two linear slide bearing ways are provided, extending parallel to each other in a transverse direction perpendicular to the beams, at least one of them being supported by the frame. A pair of riding blocks are on each of these linear slide bearing ways, each supporting a corresponding one of the beams and slidable along the linear slide bearing way. Panels are placed over the beams, including one attached to the frame and another which is removable. The removable panel may be replaced with another having an open window section provided with a grid of carbon fiber stringing capable of supporting the patient and allowing projection of radiation directly onto the patient's skin.

Abstract: A medical radiological apparatus, such as an x-ray bone densitometry apparatus includes patient positioning aides for accurate patient placement and consistent positioning during a single scanning procedure, or during subsequent procedures. An optical crosshair device helps align the patient's spine along the Y-axis of the apparatus and the patient's hips along the X-axis of the apparatus, perpendicular to the spine. Spinal and forearm positioning aides help the patient maintain consistent, comfortable positions within scans. They also enable repreducibility of patient position in subsequent scans, so that scan results from one scan to another may be compared by a medical practitioner, with reasonable assurance that the respective scan results are not unduly compromised by inconsistent patient placement. The forearm positioning aide consistently places the forearm flat on the patient support table in a proper position parallel to the longitudinal table axis.

Abstract: A rotating gantry (20) is rotatably mounted to a stationary gantry for rotation around an axis of rotation. Gamma camera detector heads (22a, 22b, 22c) are mounted to the rotating gantry for rotation about a patient receiving region (14). A patient is supported on a first, cantilevered patient support portion (10) which is adjustable in height, and which selectively extends toward and away from a slab defined by the detector heads. In one mode of use, the first patient support portion (10) is supported on a second support surface (16) when fully cantilevered to minimize vibration and movement. In a second mode, the first patient support portion (10) is separated by a gap from the second support portion (16) and the region of interest of the patient is positioned over the gap. In this manner, radiation passing from the region of interest of the patient to the detector heads is not attenuated by a patient support structure. Further, the detector heads are mounted on tracks (30, 32) by rollers (44, 46).

Abstract: An x-ray bone densitometry system having an apparatus for positioning body parts is provided. The system includes a patient table having a length extending along a Y-axis and a width extending along an X-axis, a C-arm supporting an x-ray source at one side and an x-ray detector at an opposite side of the table, wherein the source and detector are aligned along a source-detector axis which is transverse to the Y-axis. The source is selectively energized and emits a fan beam of x-rays which conforms to a beam plane which is transverse to the Y-axis and contains the source-detector axis. A forearm positioner is removably supported on the table and includes an arm rest portion positioned at a selected distance along the X-axis from an edge of the table. A hand supporting member is configured to fit within the arm rest portion to maintain the position of a patient's hand in a predetermined shape when the source is energized.

Abstract: A catheter lab imaging apparatus for imaging a heart region of a patient positioned thereon. The apparatus includes a catheter lab table, an x-ray imager positioned about the table and including a transmitter and a receiver, the transmitter being pivotable relative to the table to image the patient along predetermined imaging axes, a catheter lab table pad for supporting the patient on the table. The pad includes a top radiolucent layer defining a top surface of the pad and bottom radiolucent layer defining a bottom surface of the pad, the bottom layer being joined to the top layer around the periphery thereof to define at least one sealed chamber for supporting the patient. The pad may further include at least one interior seam positioned within the chamber to limit separation between the top layer and the bottom layer, wherein each of the interior seams is positioned such that each of the predetermined imaging axes avoids intersection with all of the interior seams when a patient is positioned on the pad.

Abstract: A patient pallet has two sides, a proximal end and a distal end. The patient pallet is horizontally elongated and is positioned to support a human patient with the patient's body axis horizontal. The pallet is supported by a pedestal. The pedestal is vertically moveable so that the patient may be raised and lowered with respect to the floor. The pedestal receives the patient pallet so that the pallet can slide horizontally, parallel to the floor. A pallet support is horizontally spaced from the pedestal and is so located that the distal end of the patient pallet can be supported by the pallet support when the patient pallet is slid horizontally. In this way, the patient pallet is either supported by the pedestal alone or by the pedestal and the pallet support. In the latter instance, the patient pallet bridges between the pedestal and pallet support. Left and right horizontally elongated arm rests are provided.

Abstract: A patient support mechanism for use in a medical examination or therapy apparatus for supporting a patient has a frame on which a patient support plate is carried, the frame having substantially horizontally aligned surfaces laterally disposed at longitudinal sides of the support plate. The support plate has regions along its longitudinal sides which extend over and at least partially cover the horizontally aligned surfaces of the frame.

Abstract: An imaging table for medical examination and imaging procedures. A tilting imaging table comprises a rectangular base frame on wheels, a column extending upwardly from the base, and a tilt assembly which includes a pair of rotatable pivot arms at the top of the column. A radiolucent table top for imaging purposes is removably secured to the tilt assembly. At least two interchangeable radiolucent table tops, of different configurations and used for different medical imaging purposes, accompany the tilting imaging table and may be secured removably, one at a time, to the tilt assembly. This tilt assembly and any table mounted thereon are tiltable about a transverse axis between a head up position (e.g, 30.degree. head up) and a head down position (e.g., 30.degree. head down). Greater degree of tilt in one direction can be provided if desired. Also shown is a limit stop mechanism for retaining a tilting assembly including pivot arms in a horizontal position.

Abstract: An apparatus for X-ray fluoroscopy and fluorography includes not only a supporting column for supporting X-ray radiating and detecting devices opposite each other, a top board supporting member supporting a top board above the X-ray detecting device, and a base for supporting the top board supporting member which is movable vertically and rotatable around a horizontal axis, but also a rotary member which is disposed between the top board supporting member and the base and is rotatable around the horizontal axis, a device for rotationally driving the rotary member, guide rails extending vertically and attached to a side surface of the rotary member facing the base, a parallel-moving base attached to the top board supporting member and movable along the guide rails, and a parallel-moving device for moving the parallel-moving base vertically.

Abstract: A roentgenography and a device used therefor by which shapes of the vertebral columns of vertebrate animal including Homo sapiens can be clearly photographed when once photographed for the sake of positively diagnosing an affected part of disc hernia and the like. The roentgenography is carried out by laying a patient vertebrate animal on a concavely curved X-ray film the radius of curvature of which is equal to a distance between the X-ray film and an X-ray tube positioned over the same to curve the vertebral column of the patient into a circularly arced shape, and irradiating perpendicularly X-ray from the center of this circular arc upon the vertebral column.

Abstract: A radiation table insert comprises a perimeter frame having at least one open side and a radiation transparent rigid grid mounted within said perimeter frame, to provide an oblique lateral treatment port along the open side of said frame. The open side of the carbon fiber grid is provided with a down-turned flange grid that provides the structural support to help prevent sag and to provide a radiotranslucent window that eliminates potential radiation build-up. This design is particularly important in meeting the challenges of arch or rational therapy programs that require later oblique treatment angles.

Abstract: A urological workstation has a patient support table with a support plate having a length which does not significantly exceed 145 cm, and an x-ray diagnostics installation that is adjustable relative to the patient support table. The x-ray diagnostics installation is adjustable relative to the patient support table such that its central ray is shifted along the longitudinal axis of the support table through positions which are parallel to each other.

Abstract: A patient couch for an X-ray diagnosis comprises a base portion to be fixed to a floor of an X-ray diagnosis room and a movable portion mounted to the base portion to be movable with respect to the base portion and having a table top on which a patient lies. A tilting mechanism is secured to the base portion for vertically tilting the movable portion with respect to the base portion. The base portion and the tilting mechanism each has a width, in a width direction of the table top, smaller than a width of the table top and disposed below the movable portion along a longitudinal direction of the table top at a portion apart from a central axis thereof in the longitudinal direction so as to provide a space between a substantial portion of the movable portion and the floor. The tilting mechanism is tilted about a central axis, which is positioned below a horizontal level of the table top, by an angle more than 85.degree.

Abstract: A patient support apparatus comprises a first support plate which can be transferred from an undercarriage onto a table frame of the medical apparatus. The table frame is provided with a second support plate which receives the first support plate directly, but enables an examination subject to be directly received on the second support plate without requiring the assembly of the first support plate.

Abstract: An apparatus for use in combination with a gurney, an X-ray transparent backboard and an X-ray cassette for allowing the backboard to be coupled to the gurney and for allowing the X-ray cassette to be coupled to the backboard. The apparatus includes an elongated body having a first end, a second end, a lower side for engaging the gurney, and an upper side for supporting the backboard; and slide structure coupled to the body for holding the X-ray cassette and for allowing the X-ray cassette to be moved back and forth along the body so that X-rays can be taken of a patient supported by the backboard without requiring the patient to be moved relative to the backboard.

Abstract: The patient examination table for medical examinations comprises a support structure, a patient rest plane, first movement means to rotate the patient rest plane in two directions about a horizontal axis, potentially covering an angular range of not less than 180 degrees, and a second movement means to translate the patient rest surface vertically in both directions. (FIG. 1).

Abstract: An animal restraining device for restraining an animal on a flat support surface is disclosed. Elongated bar members extend substantially parallel to the flat support surface. Clamps are attached to the ends of the bar members for clamping the elongated bar members stationary with respect to the flat surface. The clamp means include a support surface to be placed on the flat surface for supporting the bar members in a spaced relationship from the flat surface and a clamping surface for clamping against an edge surface of the support. The length of the bar members may be adjusted and hence a distance between the clamping surfaces of mutually opposite clamps. Tie-down straps are provided for fastening the limbs of the animal to the bar members. In an alternative embodiment, the restraining device is a frame placed on the support table, with supports to raise the frame above the table.

Abstract: A support apparatus for supporting and positioning a patient during a medical examination includes a patient support plate and a combination of elements for lifting and pivoting the support plate which operate to pivot the support plate around a stationary, virtual (i.e., non-load bearing) axis disposed at an end region of the support plate.

Abstract: A medical imaging apparatus in which an easy and accurate positioning of an imaging target inside a patient within a view field of an imaging device is possible. The apparatus includes: a signal detector for collecting the image data, having a limited effective view field located inside a frame; a carrier for carrying the patient into the frame in order to place the imaging target portion of the patient within the effective view field of the signal detector; and an indication marking, attached on the carrier, for indicating a range on the carrier which can be located within the effective view field of the signal detector. The apparatus may further includes: a height adjustment device for adjusting a height of the carrier by moving the carrier in a vertical direction; and a height indicator for indicating the height of the carrier on a scale provided on a horizontal plane so as to provide an easily and accurately readable indication of the height of the carrier.

Abstract: A patient handling system with improved throughput is provided for a computer tomography (CT) system. A scanner room is included with the CT scanner and an associated patient bed support. Removable patient beds are attached to the tops of transportable tables initially located in first and second patient rooms located in adjacent opposite sides of the scanner room, respectively. Patients are prepared and prepositioned in the first and second patient room for later CT scanning in the scanner room. A transfer system provides for selective movement of transportable tables on tracks between the patient rooms and the patient bed support, for permitting the patient beds to be easily moved between the patient bed support and the first and second patient rooms. The beds are oriented on the transportable tables for providing alignment with the patient bed support, for facilitating transfer of the beds between the transportable tables and the patient bed support, and for quicker initiating of X-radiation scanning.

Abstract: A patient support table utilized when a target such as the circulatory organs of a patient is radiographed with an X-ray camera includes a hydraulic multi-stage piston-cylinder unit of which the top piston is driven in the vertical direction by at least two stages for supporting the patient for a sufficient distal mounted upright on the base of the table; a drive unit for driving the pistons in the axial direction; a multi-stage supporting device of which top moves together with the top of the piston-cylinder unit by at least two stages for supporting an overhanging load exerted by the patient, mounted upright on the base beside the piston-cylinder unit; and, a table top supported by the piston-cylinder unit and the support device, for supporting a patient lying on its surface.

Abstract: A head holder device for use in conjunction with an imaging table wherein the head holder has a shape to comfortably receive the head of a person and is open at the bottom for improved imaging. A bracket member provides a first pivotal connection to the head holder at one end. There is a second pivotal connection for attachment to either an imaging table or a mounting panel. In a preferred embodiment, one of the pivotal connections also provides for length adjustment.

Abstract: As mat is used in an X-ray diagnostic apparatus such as an X-ray CT apparatus. This mat comprises: a foaming plastic plate having at least major surfaces and edge portions, a biological body under medical examination being positioned above one of the major surfaces; and a waterproof sheet having an X-ray absorption coefficient higher than that of the foaming plastic plate, for covering the foaming plastic plate in such a manner that planes of the waterproof sheet at said edge portions of the foaming plastic plate are not positioned in parallel with parallel planes of the major surfaces.

Abstract: X-ray apparatus for supporting a patient is provided which comprises a housing having a top panel for supporting the patient and a bottom panel which rests on a table. The top and bottom panels are supported to be substantially parallel and spaced from one another. A frame is mounted in the housing to receive a conventional X-ray film cassette. Drive means is further provided to slidably transporting the frame longitudinally in X-ray apparatus housing. Further means is provided to accurately indicate the position of the frame.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a radiation image information recording and reading apparatus which basically comprises first and second recording units, a reading unit, an erasing unit and a feed system. In the apparatus, either one of the first and second recording units is first selected. Then, an object set on the selected recording unit is irradiated with radiation emitted from a radiation source to produce a radiation-transmitted image, which is in turn recorded on a stimulable phosphor sheet. The stimulable phosphor sheet is illuminated with stimulating rays to emit accelerated light therefrom. Thereafter, the produced light is photoelectrically read to produce an image signal corresponding to the radiation-transmitted image. Thus, the radiation photography of an object can easily be made by selecting either one of the first and second recording units according to parts of the object to be radiographed.

Abstract: Medical examination table comprised of plate (5), a frame (4) and intermediate means (6) for moving the plate relatively to the frame in order to introduce it into an examination apparatus (1). The means for moving the plate are provided with an elongated moving element (7) of which one end (8) is movable relatively to the frame and the other end (9) is movable relatively to the plate. Said arrangement increases the clearance of the plate with respect to its frame. Moreover, the driving means are disengageable (25) and allow, by operating a knob (30), an emergency withdrawal of the plate from within the examination apparatus, should the patient become indisposed or in the event of a power failure.

Abstract: A radiolucent spine support frame has independently adjustable supports and other features making the frame easy to use, maintain and transport and embraces a support having a radiolucent base on which are mounted four independently adjustable supports having gel cushions on top of each support to contact the patient's body and support the patient during surgical or medical procedures, especially back surgery or x-ray examination of the spine.

Abstract: A bar mounted on an operating table on a platform fixedly mounted on a floor carries a switch adapted to be grasped by the hand of a surgeon operating on a patient on the table while x-rays are back-scattered from the table or patient. When the switch is activated to a first state the table is braked. When the switch is activated to a second state, forces manually imparted to an end of the bar by the surgeon are imparted to the table to move the table relative to the platform with the aid of a motor and linkage arrangement. An x-ray shield is interposed between the end of the bar and the table so the body of the operator, including the hand and arm, can be shielded from x-rays back-scattered from the table and/or patient while the hand is grasping the end of the bar and/or the switch.

Abstract: A lightweight, modular radiotherapy treatment chair has a saddle-like seat for unobstructively supporting a patient in a stable and reproducible "straddled stance", allowing ample access to the patient, particularly improved access to the lower abdominal and pelvic regions, during treatment with therapeutic radiation. The chair attaches to a conventional isocentrically mounted radiotherapy treatment table or simulator to enable precise translational and rotational positioning of the patient. An optional frame may be used to secure selected immobilization devices, such as bite-blocks, head rests, and thermoplastic positioning aids, to further support and immobilize the patient during treatment. A method for treating malignant tumors present throughout various anatomical regions of a patient's body includes unobstructively supporting the patient in a straddled stance so that the tumor, or a plurality of tumors, can be treated with predetermined dosages of therapeutic radiation.

Abstract: This invention relates to a design of a floor stand structure to be used in conjunction with stereotactic radiosurgery or radiotherapy with a linear accelerator (LINAC). The floor stand is typically mounted on the floor bearing of the LINAC and rotates about a vertical axis. It has a contoured shape, which might be C-shaped, so that the gantry of the LINAC can swing by the floor stand in its lowest position. This is enabled by the contoured shape of the floor stand structure. The floor stand is used to stabilize the positioning of a patient's anatomy relative to the isocenter of the LINAC. It is typically attached to the rotating portion of the LINAC floor bearing, or could be self-standing with its own vertical bearing system to make it independent of the LINAC floor bearing.

Abstract: A cantilever mounted table for an X-ray patient undergoing procedures requiring tilting the table head to foot or canting the table about its longitudinal axis allows a medical team free axis to one side and an end of the patient, and provides an improved collision sensing switch in the event the table stikes an obstruction below.

Abstract: A portable device for facilitating the performance of radiographic procedures. The device has a free-standing base; a patient support table with a substantially flat torso support surface; structure mounting the table to the base for selective movement relative to the base between (a) a first operating position wherein the torso support surface is in a substantially horizontal orientation to support a patient in a prone position and (b) a set-up/second operating position in which the torso support surface is substantially vertically oriented so that a patient in an upright position can lean against the torso support surface; and structure for fixing the position of the table relative to the base.