DEVICE FOR MOUNTING AND DRIVING A TILTABLE PART OF A GANTRY OF A COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY UNIT AND COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY UNIT

摘要

A device for mounting and driving a tiltable part of a gantry of a computed tomography system with respect to a pedestal of the gantry around a system axis of the pedestal, has a magnetic bearing that magnetically supports the tiltable part relative to the pedestal, and an electromagnetic drive that electromagnetically tilts the tiltable part of the gantry relative to the pedestal.