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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2016
Applicants:
Vatech Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Vatech Ewoo Holdings Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Assignees:
VATECH Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
VATECH EWOO Holdings Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/5217 (2013.01); A61B 6/145 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for detecting dental caries and an X-ray imaging apparatus and, more particularly, a method and apparatus for detecting dental caries and an X-ray imaging apparatus that can automatically detect occurrence and the degree of progress of caries by processing dental X-ray images.