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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2007
Tuomas Pantsar, Espoo, FI;
Spartiotis Konstantinos, Espoo, FI;
Tuomas Pantsar, Espoo, FI;
Spartiotis Konstantinos, Espoo, FI;
Oy Ajat Ltd., Espoo, FI;
Abstract
An extra-oral digital panoramic dental x-ray imaging system is disclosed for multi-layer panoramic and transverse X-ray imaging. The system includes an X-ray source and a digital imaging device capable of 'real time' frame mode output. The source and imaging device are mounted in a mechanical manipulator defining the trajectory of a predetermined image layer. The imaging device communicates with a processor that generates a frames memory from which an image reconstruction mechanism composes the final images. For 'real time' imaging, the frames memory is a fast data storage system such as RAM. The processing unit executes the reconstruction algorithms, allowing the system to selectively generate dental panoramic X-ray images, dental transverse x-ray images and dental tomosynthetic 3D images.