Since its introduction in the early 1970s, CT (Computed Tomography) has been used to diagnose many diseases.People basically work in a standing posture (standing position) or a sitting posture (sitting position), but since conventional CT can only take pictures in a lying posture, it is a condition that worsens when you get up, or in a standing / sitting position. I couldn't evaluate the functions that can only be done.

　This time, the research group has realized a CT device that can take images in a standing or sitting position by placing a gantry (a donut-shaped mount) that was vertically placed in the conventional CT and moving it up and down.In particular, we have developed a tool for maintaining posture and a sitting position shooting aid that enables sitting position shooting, and assembled a smooth inspection flow. With 320 rows of surface detectors, one rotation can be taken with a maximum scan time of 0.275 seconds and a maximum width of 160 mm with a slice thickness of 0.5 mm.

　This device enables whole-body imaging and soft tissue evaluation, which was not possible with the conventional method.In addition, because it uses a surface detector capable of high-speed rotation, it is possible to collect dynamic information on organs, spine, and joints in a standing or sitting position by continuously photographing the same site.

　With the introduction of this CT, (XNUMX) early diagnosis of load-bearing conditions such as locomotor disorders, (XNUMX) diagnosis of pathological conditions revealed by abdominal pressure such as hernia and organ prolapse, and (XNUMX) breathing in a standing or sitting position. It is expected that it will be possible to evaluate many pathological conditions and functions such as function / hemodynamic evaluation, (XNUMX) preoperative evaluation of plastic reconstructive surgery, and (XNUMX) walking function.