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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 1977
Filed:
Apr. 22, 1976
Ulrich Grassme, Nurnberg, DT;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Berlin & Munich, DT;
Abstract
A dental apparatus for x-ray diagnosis comprises a unit, which includes an x-ray tube and a film holder and is adapted to rotate around a vertical axis, and a support for the head of a patient disposed between the x-ray tube and the film carrier. The apparatus produces general tomograms with a radiographic recording time which is predetermined by a timer mechanism of the x-ray tube/film carrier unit, and by at least one further recording value which is adjustable by a regulating device to provide a nominal or reference recording value. The unit further comprises an x-ray detector disposed on the film carrier in a position in which the detector receives at least the x-ray radiation penetrating the jaw of the patient during the entire duration of an x-ray recording, during which period the detector supplies an electrical signal corresponding to the x-ray dose output. The detector and the regulating device are connected to an x-ray dose output regulator so as to provide automatic exposure such that the adjustable recording value is related to the output signal of the x-ray detector, whereby the x-ray dose output is adapted to a desired value resulting in an optimal exposure of the film. The regulating device for the nominal value for the output dose regulator is associated with a transmitter for transmitting an electrical signal related to the speed of transport of the film such that the nominal value is adjusted to be a function of the transport speed of the film.