METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGING HEAD REGION OF PATIENT

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and an apparatus for imaging the head region of a patient by taking both cephalometric X-ray and photographic images of a desired object to be imaged. SOLUTION: A mechanism applicable to cephalometric X-ray imaging, which comprises an X-ray source (5) in fro...

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Main Author SUURONEN ESA
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 04.06.2002
Edition7
Subjects
DIAGNOSIS
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
IDENTIFICATION
INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
MEASURING
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
PHYSICS
SURGERY
TESTING
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Summary:PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and an apparatus for imaging the head region of a patient by taking both cephalometric X-ray and photographic images of a desired object to be imaged. SOLUTION: A mechanism applicable to cephalometric X-ray imaging, which comprises an X-ray source (5) in front of an object, an X-ray receiving element behind the object, and patient positioning means (8-10), is used in a method. The apparatus is equipped with photographic instruments (13) for taking photographs from an object to be imaged. In the method, a patient is placed by the patient positioning means (8-10) in a desired imaging position and imaged in the same imaging position in both modes of imaging.
Bibliography:Application Number: JP20010312200