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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2002
Douglas Woods, Franklin, WI (US);
Panu Kopsala, Tuusula, FI;
Instrumentarium Corp., Helsinki, FI;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for imaging the head area by using a line detector camera ( ) equipped with a digital detector, at which camera is directed an X-ray beam ( ) through the object being imaged. In the method is used an apparatus ( ) which makes possible the implementation of cephalometric imaging and at least one other imaging method, such as panoramic imaging. The apparatus comprises an X-ray source ( ), a primary collimator ( ) in conjunction with the X-ray source, a line detector camera ( ), which is located to a position further away from the X-ray source ( ) for implementing cephalometric imaging and/or to a position closer to the said X-ray source for the said other imaging method, and a secondary collimator ( ) in the vicinity of the line detector camera ( ) intended for cephalometric imaging. In the method, the radiation emitted from the X-ray source ( ) is collimated in cephalometric imaging without turning the X-ray source in such a way that the ray beam ( ) bypasses the position of the line detector camera ( ) closer to the X-ray source ( ).