US 12,471,869 B2
X-ray imaging system for a cephalometric dentomaxillofacial x-ray imaging operation
Esa Suuronen, Kerava (FI); Antti Karhunen, Helsinki (FI); and Markus Rintamäki, Tuusula (FI)
Assigned to PaloDEx Group Oy, Tuusula (FI)
Filed by PaloDEx Group Oy, Tuusula (FI)
Filed on Apr. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/297,475.
Claims priority of application No. 20225308 (FI), filed on Apr. 8, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0320680 A1, Oct. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 6/51 (2024.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/04 (2006.01); A61B 6/06 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 6/51 (2024.01) [A61B 6/0407 (2013.01); A61B 6/06 (2013.01); A61B 6/4452 (2013.01); A61B 6/54 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An X-ray imaging system (100) for a Cephalometric dentomaxillofacial X-ray imaging operation, comprising
a controller (132),
an X-ray emitter (104) for emitting X-rays (106),
primary and secondary collimators (108, 110) for collimating the X-rays,
an X-ray receiver (124) for receiving the X-rays from the emitter, and
a positioner (120) for positioning an object (102) to be imaged,
wherein the controller is configured to select (264) one of one-shot and scanning Cephalometric imaging operations and to control (266) the emitter to emit X-ray radiation (106) and the X-ray receiver (124) to receive the emitted radiation in order to acquire an X-ray image data (ID) in the selected imaging operation.