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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2015
Dental Imaging Technologies Corporation, Hatfield, PA (US);
Palodex Group Oy, Tuusula, FI;
Petri Jouhikainen, Jarvenpaa, FI;
David Albert Sebok, Eagleville, PA (US);
Bradley S. Carlson, Doylestown, PA (US);
Hongjian Shi, Souderton, PA (US);
Mike Parma, Chalfont, PA (US);
Edward Marandola, Gwynedd, PA (US);
Robert Keating, Chalfont, PA (US);
Esa Suuronen, Kerava, FI;
Scott Kravis, West Caldwell, NJ (US);
Dental Imaging Technologies Corporation, Hatfield, PA (US);
PaloDEx Group OY, Tuusula, FI;
Abstract
Systems and methods for obtaining a panoramic image are provided. One system includes a gantry, an x-ray source, a receptor, and at least one controller. The x-ray source is mounted on the gantry and is configured to alternatively output x-ray radiation at a first energy level and x-ray radiation at a second energy level. The receptor is mounted on the gantry so that x-ray radiation from the x-ray source impinges on the receptor. The receptor is configured to output a plurality of frames of data including a first frame and a second frame sequential to the first frame. The controller is configured to control the x-ray source so that data in the first frame is generated based on x-ray radiation of the first energy level and data in the second frame is based on x-ray radiation of the second energy level.