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Medical diagnosis or therapy apparatus

A treatment equipment, medical diagnosis technology, applied in the direction of diagnosis, treatment, medical science, etc., can solve the problem of feeling uncomfortable during the whole body examination or treatment

Inactive Publication Date: 2007-11-14
SIEMENS AG
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Especially for patients with a fear of closed spaces, when they are positioned in this tubular examination area, they will first feel uncomfortable during the whole body examination or treatment

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[0020] FIG. 1 shows a CT device 2 as an example of a medical diagnostic or therapeutic device, which has a tubular examination region 4 delimited by an inner wall 6 . The medical diagnostic or therapeutic device can likewise also be an MR device or a therapeutic device, in which a patient is treated in a room. In the inner wall 6, as in conventional CT devices, there is a smooth surface made of plastic. The horizontally displaceable patient couch 8 with the patient 10 thereon is moved into the examination space 4 .

[0021] Display 12 is arranged directly on inner wall 6 and covers the entire field of view of patient 10 in the exemplary embodiment. The display 12 is made of electrochromic material whose thickness is small and matches the shape of the inner wall 6 so that the display 12 requires only little space in the examination area 4 .

[0022] The display 12 is controlled by a control unit 14 via a control wire 13 , as shown in FIG. 2 . In this case, images are display...

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To improve patient comfort and reduce claustrophobia experienced by patients in a medical diagnosis or therapy apparatus (2), in particular a CT apparatus or an MR apparatus, with an examination region (4) demarcated by said inner wall (6), in which examination region a patient (10) can be positioned, a display (12) is arranged in a region forming at least a portion of the inner wall (6).

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a medical diagnostic or therapeutic device, in particular a CT device or an MR device, which has an examination region in which a patient can be positioned and which is delimited by its inner wall. The invention also relates to a method of operating such a medical diagnostic or therapeutic device. Background technique [0002] A range of medical diagnostic or therapeutic devices, such as CT devices or MR devices, are characterized by their tubular housings into which a patient is moved for examination or treatment. Especially for patients who are afraid of closed spaces, when they are positioned in this tubular examination area, they initially feel uncomfortable during the whole body examination or treatment. For some patients this can even lead to claustrophobia, so that the examination often has to be interrupted. [0003] DE 10 2004 007 427 A1 discloses a diagnostic or therapeutic device in which a quiet atmosphere-creatin...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): A61B6/03A61B6/04A61B5/055
CPCA61B6/462A61B6/032A61B5/055A61N5/1081G01R33/283
Inventor 埃克哈德·亨普尔
Owner SIEMENS AG
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