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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 29, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 27, 1998
Akifumi Tachibana, Kyoto, JP;
Masakazu Suzuki, Kyoto, JP;
Hideki Yoshikawa, Kyoto, JP;
Susumu Kirimura, Kyoto, JP;
Tetsuhiko Muraki, Hamamatsu, JP;
Hitoshi Asai, Hamamatsu, JP;
Kazuhisa Miyaguchi, Hamamatsu, JP;
J. Morita Manufacturing Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Hamamatsu Photonics Kabushiki Kaisha, Shizuoka, JP;
Abstract
An X-ray detecting element detects an image produced by X-ray irradiation. An apparatus case capable of being inserted into a mouth has an X-ray irradiation face having different dimensions in two directions perpendicular to each other, and houses the X-ray detecting element. A cable is connected to the apparatus case to transmit a signal from the X-ray detecting element to the outside of the apparatus case. The cable is drawn out from the apparatus case in a direction which is parallel with the X-ray irradiation face and perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the X-ray irradiation face. According to this configuration, the cable does not obstruct the imaging operation in a course of imaging teeth in a mouth, particularly a molar portion. Therefore, an imaging operation can be easily conducted without giving the subject an unpleasant feeling.