US 12,064,279 B2
Device and method for editing a panoramic radiography image
Stefan Eichner, Heidelberg (DE); and Markus Hülsbusch, Bürstadt (DE)
Assigned to DENTSPLY SIRONA INC., York, PA (US)
Appl. No. 17/290,368
Filed by DENTSPLY SIRONA INC., York, PA (US)
PCT Filed Nov. 7, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/080468
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 30, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/094756, PCT Pub. Date May 14, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 18204908 (EP), filed on Nov. 7, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0407159 A1, Dec. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 6/00 (2024.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 6/46 (2024.01); A61B 6/50 (2024.01); A61B 6/51 (2024.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01); G06T 11/60 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 6/51 (2024.01) [A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 6/035 (2013.01); A61B 6/4441 (2013.01); A61B 6/461 (2013.01); A61B 6/462 (2013.01); A61B 6/463 (2013.01); A61B 6/465 (2013.01); A61B 6/467 (2013.01); A61B 6/468 (2013.01); A61B 6/469 (2013.01); A61B 6/501 (2013.01); A61B 6/5241 (2013.01); A61B 6/5258 (2013.01); G06T 11/008 (2013.01); G06T 11/60 (2013.01); G06T 2210/41 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for editing a panoramic radiography image of an examination object generated by a panoramic X-ray machine, comprising:
an input interface for receiving the panoramic radiography image as well as reconstruction data of the panoramic radiography image, the reconstruction data including information on a course of projection lines of the panoramic radiography image between an X-ray source and an X-ray detector of the panoramic X-ray machine as well as information on an image surface of the panoramic radiography image;
an evaluation unit for evaluating the reconstruction data and for determining, on a basis of one of the projection lines with two intersection points with the image surface, an image section of the panoramic radiography image that has been generated;
an image editing unit for editing the panoramic radiography image based on the determined image section; and
an output unit for outputting the edited panoramic radiography image.