Gantry (medical)

The machine then listens and processes the signals given off by the hydrogen atoms as the protons flip back in order to produce a 3D image of the interior of the patient's body.

[3] The gantry of an external beam radiotherapy machine moves a radiation source around a patient.

The rectangular screen on the right side of the gantry is a cone beam x-ray detector, which is used to help position a patient prior to treatment.

The target stops the electrons, and the sudden deceleration results in bremsstrahlung radiation of X-rays.

Prior to treatment, the cone beam x-ray system is used to align the patient's tumor with the radiation.

Sketch of a gantry used in a radiation therapy machine
Photo of a CT scanner
Gantry of an MRI scanner
Photo of a technician adjusting a linear accelerator built into a gantry
Photo of a gantry turned to an angle of about 45°