Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Intraoral tomosynthesis systems, methods, and computer readable media for dental imaging
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Application No.: US14741041Application Date: 2015-06-16
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Publication No.: US09782136B2Publication Date: 2017-10-10
- Inventor: Otto Z. Zhou , Jianping Lu , Jing Shan , Andrew Tucker , Pavel Chtcheprov , Enrique Platin , André Mol , Laurence Rossman Gaalaas , Gongting Wu
- Applicant: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Xintek, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US NC Chapel Hill US NC Research Triangle Park
- Assignee: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,Xintek, Inc.
- Current Assignee: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,Xintek, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Chapel Hill US NC Research Triangle Park
- Agency: Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P.A.
- Main IPC: A61B6/00
- IPC: A61B6/00 ; A61B6/14 ; A61B6/02 ; A61B6/06

Abstract:
Intraoral tomosynthesis systems, methods, and computer readable media for dental imaging can include an x-ray source containing multiple focal spots spatially distributed on one or multiple anodes in an evacuated chamber, an x-ray detector for positioning inside a mouth of a patient, a device for determining imaging geometry of the intraoral tomosynthesis system; and control electronics configured to regulate the x-ray source, by sequentially activating each of the multiple focal spots, such that multiple two dimensional (2D) projection images of the mouth of the patient are acquired from multiple viewing angles. In some aspects, the device for determining the imaging geometry can comprise a plate connectedly attached to the x-ray detector, at least one light source connectedly attached to the x-ray source, and a camera configured to capture at least one light spot produced by a projection of at least one light beam onto the plate.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150359504A1 INTRAORAL TOMOSYNTHESIS SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR DENTAL IMAGING Public/Granted day:2015-12-17
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