Device and method for creating a panoramic x-ray recording using a first semi-transparent x-ray screen and a second semi-transparent x-ray screen

US10925569B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Healthcare Limited · DE

Inventors

• Olivier Ecabert · Aachen, DE
• Alexander Gemmel · Erlangen, DE
• Gerhard Kleinszig · Forchheim, DE
• Birgi Tamersoy · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 30, 2017
• Grant date: Feb 23, 2021
• Expiry date: Sep 1, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B6/545
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

During the generation of a panoramic x-ray recording, the use of semi-transparent x-ray screens allows the patient's x-ray exposure to be reduced when partial x-ray images are created, in spite of relatively large overlapping areas between the partial x-ray images.