Dental X-ray diagnostic installation
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsDieter Hofmockel, Ulrich Grassme, Johannes Seissl, Ernst Otto Fleer
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Abstract
A dental X-ray diagnostic installation in which an X-ray tube has an X-ray image intensifier associated therewith, and that means are provided which permit an alignment of its inlet screen with the focus of the X-ray tube. The X-ray image intensifier, during the carrying out of radioscopies, receives the X-radiation emanating from the patient and amplifies the radiation. Accordingly, it thereby permits the observation of the presently produced X-ray image either directly through an optical device associated with its outlet screen, or indirectly through the intermediary of a video system connected to the output thereof.
Claims16
In a dental X-ray diagnostic installation, an X-ray tube arranged within a housing;
- and said X-ray tube having an anode for insertion into the mouth of a patient, the improvement comprising:
- an X-ray image intensifier for receiving radiation from said X-ray tube, said X-ray image intensifier having an input screen;
- and means extending between the X-ray tube and image intensifier for aligning said input screen with the focus of said X-ray tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.