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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2021

Filed:

Jan. 24, 2019
Applicant:

Palodex Group Oy, Tuusula, FI;

Inventors:

Martti Kalke, Tuusula, FI;

Esa Suuronen, Kerava, FI;

Assignee:

PALODEX GROUP OY, Tuusula, FI;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/03 (2006.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/14 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/54 (2013.01); A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 6/14 (2013.01); A61B 6/488 (2013.01); A61B 6/501 (2013.01); A61B 6/58 (2013.01); G06T 7/74 (2017.01); G06T 11/005 (2013.01); A61B 6/4435 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10081 (2013.01);
Abstract

The application relates to an X-ray imaging unit () for X-ray imaging. The unit comprise a processor part (), a gantry part (), an X-ray source part () for emitting X-rays, and an X-ray imaging detector part () for receiving the X-rays from the source part. The gantry part comprises the source and detector parts. The processor part is configured to control the source and detector parts in order to obtain () an image data. The processor part is further configured to determine () at least one reference structure () of a patient () from the image data and determine () a position of a head () of the patient on a grounds of the at least one reference structure.


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