Method and device for creating a cephalometric image
US11903748B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 16, 2021 |
| Grant date | Feb 20, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 25, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B6/5205
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Extra-oral dental method and/or apparatus embodiments according to this application can generate cephalometric imaged by digital tomosynthesis. An extra-oral dental imaging system embodiment for creating a cephalometric image of at least part of a human skull can include an X-ray source, an imaging device suitable for producing multiple frames during at least part of an exposure; a memory for registering and/or storing said multiple frames; and a manipulator for displacing the imaging device along an exposure profile between multiple frames during said at least part of the exposure of said object. The imaging device has an active area having a long dimension m and a short dimension n, wherein the aspect ratio m:n is strictly inferior to 1.5.
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