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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a patient supporting apparatus capable of realizing both easiness of position adjustment and sureness of position holding and to provide a medical image photographing apparatus having such a patient supporting apparatus. SOLUTION: The patient supporting apparatus is provided with an arm for supporting a patient, the arm comprising a horizontal arm portion and a vertical arm portion, a rail (164) for supporting the arm movably in a direction perpendicular to the horizontal arm portion and the vertical arm portion, and a brake (166, 146) for preventing movement of the arm along the rail by utilizing a moment of rotation with the vertical arm portion of the arm being as an axis. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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