3. CT Gantry internal View
1. x-ray tube
2. filters, collimator, and reference
detector
3. internal projector
4. x-ray tube heat exchanger
5. high voltage generator (0-75kV)
6. direct drive gantry motor
7. rotation control unit
8. data acquisition system (DAS)
9. Detectors
10.slip rings
11.detector temperature controller
12.high voltage generator (75-
150kV)
13.power unit (AC to DC)
14.line noise filter
4. GANTRY
The Gantry includes the
The X-ray tube
The Detector Array
The High-Voltage generator
The patient Support Couch
5. THE X-RAY TUBE
CT x-ray tubes are very large.
They have an anode heat storage capacity
of 8 MHU (million heat unit) or more.
They have anode-cooling rates of approx
1MHU per minute because the anode disc
has a larger diameter, and it is thicker.
6. THE DETECTOR ARRAY
CT imaging system have multiple detectors in an
array that numbers up to tens of thousands.
Previously gas-filled detectors were used, but now,
all are scintillation, solid state detectors.
Early scintillation detector arrays contained
scintillation crystal-photodiode assemblies
because photodiodes convert the light into an
electronic signal..
7. CONTINUED
The combination of a scintillation crystals
and the light detector is called a
scintillation detectors.
The concentration of detectors is an
important characteristic of a CT imaging
system that affects the spatial resolution of
the system.
8. COLLIMATION
This collimator reduces scatter radiation that
reaches the detector array, thereby improving
the image contrast and also determines the
slice thickness.
In CT imaging, two collimators are used.
One collimator is mounted on the x-ray tube
housing or adjacent to it.
9. CONTINUED
This is called Prepatient collimator that
determines patient dose.
Second collimator is called predetector
collimator.
10. THE HIGH VOLTAGE GENERATOR
All CT imaging system operate on high
frequency power.
A high-frequency generator is small
because the high-voltage step-up
transformer is small, so it can be mounted
on the rotating gantry.
Tube potential (80-140 KV).
Tube current (20-500 mA).
11. THE PATIENT SUPPORT COUCH
To support the patient comfortably, the patient
couch must be constructed of low Z-material,
such as carbon fiber.
It does not interface with x-ray beam
transmission and patient imaging.
When the patient couch positioning is not exact,
the same tissue can be imaged twice , thus
doubling the dose, or it can be missed altogether.
12. PATIENT TABLE
The table is a flat or slightly curved platform
that the patient lies on during the scan.
The table is responsible for positioning the
patient with the gantry.
Up/down positioning movements are
available as well as the longitudinal
positioning of the patient into the gantry
aperture.
13. POWER DISTRIBUTION UNIT
The power distribution unit is the power
supply for the x–ray tube, scanning
movement drive motors, table, and the
detectors.
14. OPERATOR CONSOLE
CT imaging systems can be equipped with
two or three consoles.
One consoles is used by the CT radiologic
technologist to operate the imagine system.
Another console may be available for a
technologist to post-process images for
filming and filing.
A third console may be available for the physician to
view the images and manipulate image contrast,size,
and general visual appearance.