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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2017
Applicant:
Siemens Healthcare Gmbh, Erlangen, DE;
Inventors:
Olivier Ecabert, Ebermannstadt, DE;
Alexander Gemmel, Erlangen, DE;
Gerhard Kleinszig, Forchheim, DE;
Birgi Tamersoy, Erlangen, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Erlangen, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/06 (2006.01); A61B 6/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/5241 (2013.01); A61B 6/04 (2013.01); A61B 6/0407 (2013.01); A61B 6/0487 (2020.08); A61B 6/06 (2013.01); A61B 6/40 (2013.01); A61B 6/4035 (2013.01); A61B 6/4042 (2013.01); A61B 6/4085 (2013.01); A61B 6/42 (2013.01); A61B 6/4208 (2013.01); A61B 6/4258 (2013.01); A61B 6/44 (2013.01); A61B 6/4429 (2013.01); A61B 6/4435 (2013.01); A61B 6/46 (2013.01); A61B 6/461 (2013.01); A61B 6/467 (2013.01); A61B 6/469 (2013.01); A61B 6/52 (2013.01); A61B 6/5205 (2013.01); A61B 6/5211 (2013.01); A61B 6/5229 (2013.01); A61B 6/5235 (2013.01); A61B 6/54 (2013.01); A61B 6/542 (2013.01); A61B 6/544 (2013.01); A61B 6/545 (2013.01);
Abstract
During the generation of a panoramic x-ray recording, the use of semi-transparent x-ray screens allows the patient's x-ray exposure to be reduced when partial x-ray images are created, in spite of relatively large overlapping areas between the partial x-ray images.