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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2004
Norbert Erhardt, Worms, DE;
Werner Günther, Bensheim, DE;
Norbert Erhardt, Worms, DE;
Werner Günther, Bensheim, DE;
Sirona Dental Systems GmbH, Bensheim, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to an x-ray device () comprising an x-ray sensitive camera () for creating tomograms, especially panoramic tomograms. Means for creating 3D shots of a partial volume of the mandibular arch are also provided, said 3D shots being created especially by a second image receiver () for creating a 2D shot and means for taking a plurality of 2D shots from different directions and creating a 3D shot therefrom, preferably according to conebeam technology with the associated reconstruction algorithms. The x-ray-sensitive camera () comprises a first x-ray sensitive image receiver () for creating a tomogram, and a second x-ray sensitive image receiver () for creating plane shots.