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Mobile radiography alignment device

  • US 4,752,948 A
  • Filed: 12/01/1986
  • Issued: 06/21/1988
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/01/1986
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In mobile x-radiography, including a mobile x-ray apparatus which is sufficiently mobile to be brought to bedside for taking radiographs of a body resting on a support, the mobile x-ray apparatus having an x-ray source which is adjustable to a sufficient range of orientations to allow the exposure of radiographs of portions of the body in a plurality of orientations at bedside, the combination with said mobile x-ray apparatus of apparatus for improving the consistency and quality of radiographic images comprising, in combination:

  • a film cassette for holding an x-ray film to be exposed,holding means for supporting said film cassette configured to be positioned between the body to be radiographed and the body support,focused grid means associated with said holding means for reducing the effects of scattered radiation on the radiographic image, andmeans connecting the x-ray source and the holding means for establishing a fixed and aligned relationship between the x-ray source, the grid and the film cassette, and a predetermined focal distance between the x-ray source and film cassette during an x-ray exposure;

    the connecting means including physical link means between the x-ray source and holding means for positioning the holding means between the body and its support in alignment with the x-ray source during adjustment thereof to maintain said fixed and aligned relationship as the x-ray source is adjusted within its range of orientations.

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