Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for patient positioning in cone-beam tomography
- Patent Title (中): 锥束断层扫描中患者定位的系统和方法
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Application No.: US12992048Application Date: 2009-05-15
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Publication No.: US09332948B2Publication Date: 2016-05-10
- Inventor: Dieter Thoma , Christian Beckhaus
- Applicant: Dieter Thoma , Christian Beckhaus
- Applicant Address: DE Bensheim
- Assignee: SIRONA DENTAL SYSTEMS, GmbH
- Current Assignee: SIRONA DENTAL SYSTEMS, GmbH
- Current Assignee Address: DE Bensheim
- Agency: Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
- International Application: PCT/EP2009/055896 WO 20090515
- International Announcement: WO2009/138483 WO 20091119
- Main IPC: A61B5/05
- IPC: A61B5/05 ; A61B6/14 ; A61B6/03 ; A61B6/04
Abstract:
A device for positioning a patient within an image volume of a cone-beam tomography system. The device includes a volume indicator adapted to indicate at least a front boundary of the image volume and having a horizontal indicator for horizontal alignment. The device also includes a head clamp adapted to position at least a portion of the head of the patient within the front boundary of the image volume indicated by the volume indicator.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110152675A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PATIENT POSITIONING IN CONE-BEAM TOMOGRAPHY Public/Granted day:2011-06-23
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