DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING APPARATUS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a diagnostic imaging apparatus capable of positioning cradles and a bed easily, highly reliably and accurately. SOLUTION: The diagnostic imaging apparatus includes the bed 5 for supporting a top board 51 on which a subject P is mounted, in such a way as movable in the longitudinal direction; a PET cradle 20 disposed separately from the bed 5 in such a way as movable in the same direction as the moving direction of the top board 51 for PET-imaging the subject P on the top board 51; and a CT cradle 10 disposed between the bed 5 and the PET cradle 20 in such a way as movable in the same trajectory as of the PET cradle 20 for CT-imaging the subject P on the top board 51. The CT photography is performed by moving the top board 51 to the CT and PET cradles 10 and 20 moved to a CT stopping position P1, and the PET imaging is performed by moving the top board 51 to the CT and PET cradles 10 and 20 moved to a PET stopping position P2. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT