JP2001104290A - X-ray imaging equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an x-ray imaging equipment by which x-ray images can be taken without forcing patient to step down from the invalid chair and without special imaging equipment. SOLUTION: The equipment is provided with a supporting plate 5 freely movable in vertical direction along the support rod, a chair parts 2, 4 that is positioned in front of the support rod 1 and on which the patient to be diagnosed sits, and a front panel 8 that is supported by the supporting plate 5, positioned vertically with some space from the supporting plate 5 and upper part of the sitting palate of the chair parts, as well as holding cassette 15 freely positioned in the neighbor of the imaged area of the patient.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an X-ray imaging apparatus, and more particularly to an X-ray imaging apparatus capable of performing X-ray imaging of a human body while a disabled person is in a wheelchair.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art It has long been practiced to take a photograph of the skeleton structure of a human body and to give an appropriate treatment to the human body based on the projected image. 2. Description of the Related Art Devices having various structures are conventionally used for X-ray imaging of a human body. For example, an upright shooting table that shoots with a human standing, a supine table that shoots with the human body lying on a tabletop placed on a horizontal surface, a floating table-type tabletop where the tabletop can be moved by human power in the horizontal direction, and more. There are various types such as an elevating table type bed which allows the top to move in the vertical direction in addition to the horizontal direction, and an up / down inclined bed which tilts the top.

[0003] As the aging society progresses, diagnosis and treatment by X-ray photography may be performed on people who need to use a wheelchair or who have a physical disability and who use a wheelchair. For such a person, it is often difficult to take an image using a standing imaging stand, so when taking an image, get off from a wheelchair and take an image on a supine table.

[0004]

As described above, when performing X-ray imaging of, for example, the head and neck of a person using a wheelchair, an X-ray imaging apparatus having a supine table must be prepared. , Time to take the person off the wheelchair,
A lot of trouble is required, such as having to prepare a caretaker to care for the subject.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned conventional inconveniences, and an object of the present invention is to provide an X-ray radiographing system without a patient getting out of a wheelchair and requiring no special radiographing device. It is intended to provide a radiographic apparatus.

In order to achieve the object of the present invention, an invention according to claim 1 of the present application is directed to an X-ray imaging apparatus for X-ray imaging of an affected part of a patient sitting in a wheelchair. A vertically movable movable support plate, a chair member arranged on the front surface of the support column for seating a patient to be subjected to X-ray imaging, and a chair member supported by the support plate and arranged vertically at an interval from the support plate. An X-ray imaging apparatus, comprising: a front plate that is located above a seat plate of the chair member and that holds a cassette that can be positioned in the vicinity of an affected part of the patient. According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the X-ray imaging apparatus according to the first aspect, wherein the chair member is a wheelchair. In the invention according to claim 3 of the present application, in addition to the invention according to claim 1,
An X-ray imaging apparatus is provided, wherein the distance between the support plate and the cassette is variable. In the invention according to claim 4 of the present application, in addition to the invention according to claim 1, there is provided an X-ray imaging apparatus, wherein the front plate is detachable from a support plate. In the invention according to claim 5 of the present application, in addition to the invention according to claim 1, an X-ray imaging apparatus is provided in which the support plate is a leader imaging table of an X-ray standing imaging table.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an X-ray imaging apparatus according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a side view showing a use state of the X-ray imaging apparatus. In these figures, reference numeral 1 denotes a column that stands upright from the floor 2 and that constitutes a conventionally used upright stand. An X-ray imaging table 3, which is a conventionally used standing imaging table, is attached to the column 1 so as to be vertically movable along the column 1. The X-ray imaging table 3 includes a carriage 4 moving along the column 1 and the carriage 4
And a reader table 5 attached to the front of the camera. On the front of the leader photographing table 5, a wheelchair photographing table 6 is attached. The leader photographing table 5 is a leader photographing table of a conventionally used standing photographing table, and functions as a support plate for holding the wheelchair photographing table 6. Although not shown in the figure, the bogie 4 is connected to the tip of a cable hung on a pulley provided at the upper end of the column 1. A weight is tied to the other end of the cable, the weight is adjusted with the X-ray table 3, and the X-ray table 3 can be easily moved up and down. ing.

[0007] A leader photographing stand 5 provided on the front surface of the carriage 4 can detachably fix a cassette loaded with an X-ray film on the front surface thereof. It becomes a stand. In addition, 7 is a chin rest.

The photographing table 6 for a wheelchair has a front plate 8 on which a cassette for photographing can be detachably set, and an upper end support 9 extending horizontally from the upper edge of the front plate 8 toward the upper edge of the reader photographing table 5.
And a spacing plate 10 extending horizontally from the middle of the front plate 8 in the direction of the reader imaging table 5.

At the lower edge of the front plate 8, a cassette retaining portion 11 having a U-shaped cross section is formed. A slit 12 is provided in the center of the front plate 8 in the vertical direction.
A cassette holding portion 13 is provided along 2 along a movable direction in the vertical direction. A lock handle 14 is formed at the upper end of the cassette holding portion 13, and by rotating the lock handle 14, the cassette holding portion 13 is fixed at a desired position, or the cassette holding portion 13 is slid along a slit. be able to. Therefore, a cassette of a free size can be hung between the cassette holding part 13 and the cassette hanger 11. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 15 denotes a cassette fixed to the front plate 8.

An upper end support 9 extending from the upper edge of the front plate 8
In the figure, the legs 16, 16 extend in a bifurcated manner in the upper edge direction of the reader imaging stand 5. The spacing plate 10 has a circular hole 17 at the center to reduce the weight. At the leading edge, a contact plate 18 that contacts the leader imaging table 5 is formed. In order to allow the X-ray imaging table according to the present invention to be detachably mounted on the front of the conventionally used reader imaging table 5, the tips of the two legs 16 are downwardly directed as shown in FIG. It is bent to form a flange 19, and a screw rod 22 having a rotation knob 20 and a holding boss 21 attached to both ends is screwed to the flange 19.

The wheelchair imaging table 6 according to the present invention is used by being mounted so as to be hooked on the leader imaging table 5 of the commonly used X-ray imaging table 3. That is, the tip of the leg 16 of the X-ray imaging table 3 is hooked on the upper edge of the reader imaging table 5, and the contact plate 18 at the tip of the spacing plate 10 is brought into contact with the front surface of the reader imaging table 5, and the rotation knob The X-ray imaging table 3 is fixed to the reader imaging table 5 by rotating the holding boss 21 against the upper rear surface of the reader imaging table 5 by rotating the 20.

In using the imaging table 6 for a wheelchair according to the present invention, as shown in FIG. 2, first, a wheelchair 24, which is one of the chair members on which a patient 23 is seated, is moved to the front of the column 1. The patient 24 lowers the wheelchair imaging table 6 attached to the leader imaging table 5 to a position above the knee on which the patient 24 sits on the seat of the wheelchair. In this state, the cassette 15 attached to the front panel 8 of the wheelchair imaging stand 6 can be brought close to the patient's chest. In this state, the X-ray tube is brought close to the back of the patient, the patient is irradiated with X-rays, and a chest image of the patient is exposed on a film mounted in the cassette.

Although the above description has been given of the chest imaging of a patient, the present invention is extremely effective not only for the imaging of the patient's chest but also for the imaging of the head. When imaging the patient's head, the height of the cassette 15 is adjusted to the horizontal position of the patient's head, the patient's head is brought into close or light contact with the cassette, and the patient is irradiated with X-rays as described above. An image of the patient's head is exposed to a film mounted in the cassette. In this case, the imaging region is the front of the head (AP direction), T
AWN. Not only the side photographing, but also rotating the wheelchair 24 on which the patient sits, or adjusting the height of the cassette 15,
By changing the irradiation position of the ray tube, the cervical vertebrae 6-direction imaging, sinus / facial imaging (PA direction), cervical bidirectional imaging, lower forehead lateral oblique imaging, and the side of the head on the vertically positioned cassette It is possible to easily perform a Schuler photographing in which the ear piece is bent and pressed against the front side and irradiate X-rays from a direction inclined at 25 degrees below the horizontal direction, a Sternverse photographing method which is a kind of simple cranial photographing method, and the like. .

In the above-described embodiment, the tip of the leg 16 of the wheelchair photographing table 6 is fixed by the screw rod 22. However, if the thickness of the reader photographing table 5 is constant, no screw rod is provided. It is sufficient to simply provide a hook having a U-shaped cross section at the tip of the leg 16 and hold the hook on the upper edge of the reader photographing table 5 with this hook.

A feature of the present invention is that the bent foot of a patient sitting in a wheelchair is placed on the wheelchair's armchair table 6 for each wheelchair.
Is to sink into the lower surface of the With this operation, the cassette 15 can be brought into contact with the chest or abdomen of the patient. However, the size of the patient is not fixed, and the size of the wheelchair is not fixed. For example, as shown in FIG.
In some cases, the wheelchair cannot be inserted into the lower surface of the reader photographing table anymore by contacting the front of the vehicle. In order to solve such inconvenience, in the next embodiment of the present invention, the upper end support 9 of the wheelchair photographing table 6 and the spacing plate 10 will be described.
It is configured so that the length of can be adjusted.

FIG. 4 is a partial explanatory view showing this embodiment. In FIG. 4, a flange 19 provided at the end of the leg of the upper end support portion 9 has the same configuration as that shown in FIG.
The tips of the two legs 16 are bent downward so that the flange 1
A screw rod 22 having a rotary knob 20 and a holding boss 21 attached to both ends is screwed into the flange 19. The leg 16 is provided with a slit 27 along the longitudinal direction. A stopper 25 having a U-shaped cross section is slidably attached to the lower surface of the leg 16.
Slide inside 7.

Two tightening screws 28 and 29 which pass through the slit 27 from the upper surface of the leg 16 and screw with the stopper.
Is provided. The contact plate 18 provided at the tip of the spacing plate 10 provided below the wheelchair photographing table 6 includes:
A position adjusting screw 31 to which a positioning boss 30 is attached is screwed to the tip. In the photographing table for a wheelchair configured as described above, the stopper 25 is fixed at a desired position using the tightening screws 28 and 29, and the position adjusting screw 3 is used.
After rotating 1 to determine the position of the positioning boss 30 in accordance with the position of the stopper 25, the wheelchair imaging table is hung on the front of the leader imaging table. In the wheelchair photographing table thus configured, the distance between the leader photographing table and the front plate 8 of the wheelchair photographing table can be set freely.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the above embodiment, various modifications may be made within the scope of the present invention, for example, a normal chair without a car may be used instead of a wheelchair. And applications are possible, and these modifications and applications are not excluded from the scope of the present invention.

[0019]

As described in detail above, the present invention provides
Since the patient is not taken off the wheelchair and taken, the physical and mental burden on the patient can be reduced, and the patient who got off the wheelchair for imaging and moved on the supine table will fall down from now on And the patient's safety is improved. Also, since it is not necessary to remove the patient from the wheelchair, the imaging time including preparation time can be shortened, and there is no need for the caregiver to accompany the patient during imaging, so that the nurse Unnecessary X-ray exposure has been eliminated.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an X-ray imaging apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing a use state of the X-ray imaging apparatus.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing a fixing structure of a wheelchair photographing table;

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing another embodiment of the wheelchair imaging stand;

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 ····· Pole 2 ····· Floor surface 3 ······ X-ray radiography table 4 ································································· Base 7 ····· Jaw rest 8 ··················································································· · Slit 13 ········································································································································ Abutment plate 19 Flange 20 Rotating knob 21 Holding boss 22 Screw bar 23 Patient 24 Wheelchair 25・ Stopper 26 ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Guide piece 27 ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Slit 28 ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Tightening screw 29 ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Tightening screw 30 ・ ・... boss 31 ..... position adjustment screw

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. An X-ray imaging apparatus for X-ray imaging an affected part of a patient sitting in a wheelchair, comprising: a support plate movable in a vertical direction along a support; and a patient arranged on a front surface of the support to perform X-ray imaging. And a chair member to be seated thereon, supported by the support plate, vertically arranged at an interval from the support plate, and located at the upper part of the seat plate of the chair member and positioned near the affected part of the patient to be imaged. A front plate holding a free cassette,
An X-ray imaging apparatus comprising: 2. An X-ray imaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said chair member is a wheelchair. 3. An X-ray imaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the distance between said support plate and the cassette is variable. 4. The X-ray imaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said front plate is detachable from a support plate. 5. The X-ray imaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said support plate is a leader imaging table of an X-ray standing imaging table.