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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2010
Applicants:
Johannes Ulrici, Darmstadt, DE;
Erich Hell, Illingen, DE;
Christian Beckhaus, Darmstadt, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sirona Dental Systems GmbH, Bensheim, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/14 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for creating a tomographic image in the manner of a dental X-ray panoramic tomographic image from a digital 3D volume exhibiting X-ray absorption values, comprising transradiating the 3D volume forming an object to be scanned virtually using a virtual X-ray source, recording the virtually produced image by a virtual detector, and moving the virtual source of X-rays and virtual detector virtually past the object to be scanned with formation of a sharp layer having a blurred area.