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US 2007/0183567 A1Published application
Dental x-ray apparatus and method of positioning a patient therein
AssigneeGendex Corporation
InventorsGiuseppe Rotondo, Gerardo Rinaldi, N. Borghese, Iuri Frosio
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Abstract
A dental x-ray apparatus is provided that includes an x-ray system having an x-ray source and x-ray detection means; positioning means for positioning a patient's head in a predefined position with respect to the x-ray system; and at least one video camera for generating video images of the patient's head.
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A method of positioning a patient in an x-ray apparatus for dental x-ray radiography, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing an x-ray system comprising an x-ray source and x-ray detector, a positioning arrangement to position a patient's head in a predefined position with respect to the x-ray system, and at least one video camera to generate video images of the patient's head;
- pre-positioning the patient's head in a patient area of the x-ray apparatus using the positioning arrangement;
- generating at least one image of the head of the pre-positioned patient from at least one view by the at least one video camera;
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- aligning the x-ray system and the pre-positioned patient using the at least one image generated of the patient's head.
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A dental x-ray apparatus, comprising:
- an x-ray system comprising an x-ray source and an x-ray detector;
- a positioning arrangement to position a patient's head in a predefined position with respect to the x-ray system;
- at least one video camera to generate video images of the patient's head;
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- wherein the generated video images of the patient's head are used to adjust the position of the x-ray system to align the patient's head and the x-ray system for an imaging operation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.