25results about "Radiation diagnostics for dentistry" patented technology

A method for automatic registration of dental image data comprises receiving three-dimensional intraoral surface scan data of a dentition of a patient, receiving three-dimensional volumetric scan data of the dentition, generating a first set of descriptors characterizing tooth crown surfaces of the dentition from the intraoral surface scan data, generating a second set of descriptors characterizing tooth crown surfaces of the dentition from the volumetric scan data, determining a best-fit registration transform based on the first and second sets of descriptors, and aligning the intraoral surface scan data and the volumetric scan data based on the best-fit registration transform.

The present invention provides a method for creating a 2D panoramic image of an intraoral cavity (6), comprising the steps of: A) providing a plurality of projection images acquired while a recording unit comprising a radiation source (2) and an electronic image sensor (3) rotates at least partially around the intraoral cavity (6) in a given position; B) calculating an image comprising at least one anatomical feature from the plurality of projection images using a calculation rule having reconstruction parameters; C) providing a model of at least one anatomical feature describing the at least one anatomical feature at a target position in the image; D) identifying the at least one anatomical feature in the calculated image; E) applying a metric to the calculated image. step F) determining a deviation between an actual position of the at least one identified anatomical feature in the computed image and a target position of the at least one anatomical feature in the model; step F) modifying at least one of the reconstruction parameters and recalculating at least one portion of the image showing the at least one anatomical feature using the computation rule and the at least partially modified reconstruction parameters or modifying a pixel transformation and applying the pixel transformation to at least one portion of the computed image showing the at least one anatomical feature so that at least this portion of the image is recalculated; step G) deriving a 2D panoramic image from the recalculated image; and step H) outputting the 2D panoramic image.

The present invention provides an intraoral x-ray system, the intraoral x-ray system comprising: an x-ray source located within the environment; a robotic arm including an actuatable scissor arm having a first end configured to be attached to a mounting and a second end attached to an x-ray source, at least one of the first end and the second end including a rotatable actuatable joint; a position sensor for determining variations in position and / or orientation of the environment relative to the X-ray source and variations in position and / or orientation of the mobile X-ray sensor relative to the X-ray source; and a drive unit for actuating the robot arm as a function of the determined variation in position and / or orientation to control the position and / or orientation of the X-ray source relative to a predetermined position and / or orientation of the X-ray source.

Limited precision of head standardization is a problem in the prior art.　In the present invention, positioning of a patient head is standardized using two cameras, namely, a first digital camera 11 and a second digital camera 12. In a profile positioning step, while a display on a first monitor 13 is viewed, the vertical position of the first digital camera 11 is adjusted, and instructions are given to the patient to adjust the forward-backward position of the head so that the point of intersection of a first vertical reference line VL1 and a first horizontal reference line HL1 corresponding to the camera optical axis of the first digital camera 11 is in the center of the ear canal of the patient. In a front positioning step, while a display on a second monitor 16 is viewed, the vertical position of the second digital camera 12 is adjusted so that a second horizontal reference line HL2 passes through the center of the left and right eyeballs of the patient, and instructions are given to the patient to adjust the left-right inclination of the head and face such that the heights of the left and right eyes are equal, and to adjust the left-right orientation of the head and face so that a second vertical reference line VL2 passes through the center of the left and right eyes of the patient.

To detect a defect in an imaging plate by a method other than visual inspection.SOLUTION: An image generation device includes: an acquisition part for acquiring a plurality of X-ray images on the basis of X-ray information from each imaging plate irradiated with an X-ray after an X-ray is radiated to an imaging plate unit configured so that at least two imaging plates used in an intraoral method are stacked with each other; a detection part for detecting a defect on an image on the basis of the plurality of X-ray images; and an output part for outputting a result of the detection by the detection part.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

The present invention relates to a computer-implemented X-ray imaging method for generating a panoramic image (1) with reduced overlap (8) of adjacent teeth, the method comprising the steps of acquiring a plurality of 2D X-ray images (2) in a plurality of different X-ray imaging directions (3) by rotating an X-ray source (4) and an X-ray detector (5) around a patient's jaw (6), respectively, and further comprising the steps of identifying, from among the corresponding X-ray imaging directions (3), one or more regions (7) each including at least one pair of overlapping adjacent teeth (8) in the 2D X-ray images (2) and / or in a temporary panoramic image reconstructed from the 2D X-ray images (2), from which an optimal X-ray imaging direction (3') for reducing the overlap in the reconstructed panoramic image (1) can be determined, and determining, from among the corresponding X-ray imaging directions (3) of the 2D X-ray images identified in the step of identifying one or more regions (7) each including at least one pair of overlapping adjacent teeth (8), one or more optimal X-ray imaging directions (3') for reducing the overlap in the reconstructed panoramic image (1), respectively.

To prevent an X-ray detecting unit including an X-ray detector from contacting the shoulders of a subject while improving the resolution of a panoramic image.SOLUTION: A panoramic X-ray imaging apparatus 20 includes: an X-ray generating unit; an X-ray detecting unit 44; a support 40 (for example, a turning arm) that supports the X-ray generating unit and the X-ray detecting unit 44; a drive mechanism 60 that turns at least the X-ray generating unit and the X-ray detecting unit 44 by driving the support 40; a displacement mechanism 82 ( for example, a vertical drive unit) that adds movement including a displacement component in a direction different from the turning to the X-ray detecting unit 44; a subject holding unit 32 that holds an imaging subject M; and a turning control unit (for example, an imaging control unit 100) that controls the turning by the drive mechanism and the displacement mechanism. The turning control unit controls the drive mechanism 60 and the displacement mechanism 82 so as to add the movement to the X-ray detecting unit 44, the movement avoiding the contact with the shoulders of the imaging subject during the turning of the X-ray generating unit and the X-ray detecting unit by the drive mechanism 60 during the panoramic X-ray imaging.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 13

The present invention provides a method of matching data, which is performed by an apparatus for matching data, the method including synchronizing acquisition time points of cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) data and 3D scan data, conforming coordinate systems of the CBCT data and the 3D scan data, constructing a 3D scan image in which a motion is corrected by matching depth maps created each time the 3D scan data are acquired, and constructing a CBCT 3D image in which the motion is corrected from the CBCT data by applying motion information acquired by matching the depth maps.

To provide an oral cavity imaging device capable of suppressing increase in a temperature of an imaging part disposed in the oval cavity even when imaging is executed at a high frame rate, for example.SOLUTION: An oral cavity imaging device 1 includes an imaging part 2 for detecting a radioactive ray passing through an object in a state of being disposed in the oral cavity, and a control part 3 for controlling the imaging part 2 in a state of being disposed outside the oral cavity. The imaging part 2 includes an image sensor 22 having a plurality of pixels DA for acquiring an image of the object. In a state that power is supplied to the control part 3, the control part 3 executes supply of power to the image sensor 22 in an imaging period that the image sensor 22 executes imaging, and stops supply of power to the image sensor 22 in a stand-by period that the image sensor 22 stands by.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

To provide a technique capable of diagnosing a disease state in a biological tissue in the oral cavity in a low invasive manner in a short time.SOLUTION: A support device 1 includes: an input interface 14 to which image data representing the three-dimensional shape of a biological tissue is input; and a calculation device 11 which derives support information by using the image data input from the input interface 14 and an estimation model 50 that has been trained by machine learning so as to derive support information including at least information about the relative positions of the tooth and the gingiva for supporting diagnosis of a disease state in the biological tissue based on the image data.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

In some embodiments, a method for measuring a periodontal condition can include generating or obtaining radiograph data for a tooth and a respective bone structure, generating or obtaining surface data for the tooth, the surface data including surface information of a gum tissue associated with the tooth, and combining the radiograph data and the surface data such that a feature of the tooth in the radiograph data substantially matches with a corresponding feature of the tooth in the surface data. The method can further include calculating a periodontal parameter from the combination of the radiograph data and the surface data, with the periodontal parameter being indicative of the periodontal condition.

To provide a versatile, cost-optimized X-ray imaging system for a Cephalometric dentomaxillofacial X-ray imaging operation, which makes it possible to carry out one-shot (full-view) and scanning imaging operations.SOLUTION: An X-ray imaging system (100) comprises 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. The controller is configured to select one of one-shot and scanning Cephalometric imaging operations and to control the emitter (106) to emit X-ray radiation and the receiver to receive the emitted radiation in order to acquire X-ray image data in the selected imaging operation.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1b

A device is disclosed for diagnosing a dental condition. The device captures image data representative of a tooth of a patient based on data obtained from a hardware device that scans the tooth. The device inputs the image data into a first supervised machine learning model, and receives, as output from the first supervised machine learning model, a plurality of biomarkers, each biomarker corresponding to a different location of the tooth. The device inputs the plurality of biomarkers into a second supervised machine learning model, and receives, as output from the second supervised machine learning model, a diagnosis of a dental condition.

The present invention relates to a method for obtaining operating parameters of an x-ray CBCT imaging device taking into account the acquisition of a set of data of a maxillofacial region of a patient, the method comprising: identifying a first maxillofacial region of interest (ROI1) of the patient; determining the height of a horizontal plane of the patient's first maxillofacial region of interest (ROI1) when the patient is in an occlusal position or biting a patient positioning assembly; acquiring a first set of data relative to the patient's first maxillofacial region of interest (ROI1) including the horizontal plane using x-ray CBCT imaging through a slit-shaped collimator window; and reconstructing axial CBCT slices including the horizontal plane based on the first set of data relative to the patient's first maxillofacial region of interest (ROI1). - displaying reconstructed axial CBCT slices of the patient's maxillofacial first region of interest (ROI1) from the acquired first set of data; - defining at least in part a second region of interest (ROI2) based on an intersection of the displayed reconstructed axial CBCT slices of the patient's maxillofacial first region of interest (ROI1) with ROI1; and - obtaining operating parameters of the x-ray CBCT imaging device based at least on the defined second region of interest (ROI2) in consideration of the acquisition of a second set of data including the defined second region of interest (ROI2). [Selected figure] Figure 3

An apparatus for providing a maxillary sinus image according to one embodiment includes a first artificial neural network model configured to distinguish a partial coronal plane region-of-interest from a coronal plane image of a head, a second artificial neural network model configured to, relative to an axial plane image of the head, extract a two-dimensional maxillary sinus image in an axial plane region-of-interest that corresponds to a position of the coronal plane region-of-interest, and an image processor configured to generate a three-dimensional maxillary sinus image using the two-dimensional maxillary sinus image.

A method for distinguishing between different types of oral cavity areas of interest (AOIs) is provided. [Solution] A method for distinguishing between multiple oral areas of interest (AOIs) of different types, comprising: receiving a first virtual three-dimensional (3D) model; receiving a second virtual 3D model; determining a first difference between the first virtual 3D model and the second virtual 3D model as a result of comparing the first virtual 3D model with the second virtual 3D model; determining a first oral AOI; determining whether the first difference includes a change indicative of the first type of oral AOI or a change indicative of the second type of oral AOI; determining that the first oral AOI is the first type of oral AOI; and generating a first indicator of the first type of oral AOI for a first tooth.

The present invention relates in particular to the structure of a dental and medical cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) imaging device. The basic configuration of the device includes a substantially vertically extending frame portion (11) that supports the X-ray imaging means (14, 15) of the device via a horizontally extending support structure (12). The device includes a patient support structure (18) that extends substantially parallel to and is essentially the same length as the substantially vertically extending frame portion (11).

The present invention provides a method for creating a 2D panoramic image of an intraoral cavity (6), comprising the steps of: A) providing a plurality of projection images acquired while a recording unit comprising a radiation source (2) and an electronic image sensor (3) rotates at least partially around the intraoral cavity (6) in a given position; B) calculating an image comprising at least one anatomical feature from the plurality of projection images using a calculation rule having reconstruction parameters; C) providing a model of at least one anatomical feature describing the at least one anatomical feature at a target position in the image; D) identifying the at least one anatomical feature in the calculated image; E) applying a metric to the calculated image. step F) determining a deviation between an actual position of the at least one identified anatomical feature in the computed image and a target position of the at least one anatomical feature in the model; step F) modifying at least one of the reconstruction parameters and recalculating at least one portion of the image showing the at least one anatomical feature using the computation rule and the at least partially modified reconstruction parameters or modifying a pixel transformation and applying the pixel transformation to at least one portion of the computed image showing the at least one anatomical feature so that at least this portion of the image is recalculated; step G) deriving a 2D panoramic image from the recalculated image; and step H) outputting the 2D panoramic image.

The invention relates to a 3D X-ray device (1) comprising an X-ray detector (2), an X-ray source (3) and a computer (4), wherein the X-ray detector (2) and the X-ray source (3) are moved around an object volume (6) to be recorded on a movement path (5, 7) by a rotation of at least 185°, and a plurality of X-ray projection images are recorded from different irradiation directions (8), whereby X-rays (9) generated by the X-ray source (3) irradiate the object volume (6) in one of the irradiation directions (8) and are captured by the X-ray detector (2), and a 3D X-ray image (10) of the object volume (6) is calculated from the recorded X-ray projection images by a reconstruction method. The X-ray detector (2) is positioned asymmetrically with respect to a central axis (12) passing through the center of rotation (13) of the 3D X-ray device (1), a first fan beam (14) and an opposing second fan beam (17) rotated 180° form an overlap region (18), and at least one X-ray filter (21) is disposed between the X-ray source (3) and the object volume (6) to attenuate the X-ray dose within the overlap region (18).

The present invention relates to a controller (106) for dental imaging of an object. The controller includes at least one processor (802) and at least one memory (808) containing computer program code (814). The at least one memory (808) and the computer program code (814) are configured to cause the controller (106), using the at least one processor (802), to at least acquire first image data from an optical scanner unit (104), acquire second image data from a dental X-ray imaging unit (102), create a first surface model (202) from the acquired first image data, where the first surface model (202) represents an optical three-dimensional shape of a surface of a first portion of the object, and use the first surface model (202) to process the acquired second image data. The present invention also relates to an imaging system (100), a method, a computer program (814), and a computer-readable medium for dental imaging of an object.

To provide an X-ray imaging system for dental X-ray imaging.SOLUTION: An X-ray imaging system for dental X-ray imaging comprises a controller, a rotating gantry (120), an X-ray source (124) for emitting X-rays, and an X-ray imaging detector (126) for receiving the X-rays from the source. The controller is configured to control the source to emit X-ray radiation and the detector for receiving the emitted radiation in order to acquire X-ray image data. The system further comprises a depth information-producing camera (177), which is configured to produce depth information, and a position information-producing component (183), which is configured to produce position information, for acquiring at least location data of the depth information-producing camera and detector during the irradiation, synchronously with the image data to be reconstructed.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1a

A collimator for a dental X-ray imaging apparatus, including: a housing (3) having a first end and a second end, which oppose each other, the first end provided thereat with a light exit aperture, the second end secured to the dental X-ray imaging apparatus so as to define a light passage so that X-rays are able to travel through the light passage and exit from the light exit aperture; a securing means disposed at the second end, with which the housing (3) is detachably secured to a beam-limiting cone (10); a visible light source (12) placed within the housing (3) and configured to be able to emit visible light; a window member disposed at the first end of the housing and configured to allow visible light and X-rays to transmit therethrough and be projected and irradiated onto an object to be imaged; a light-reflecting plate (13) placed in the housing (3) obliquely with respect to a longitudinal axis of the light passage and configured to be able to reflect visible light emitted from the visible light source (12) so that it is able to pass through the window member and be projected on the object to be imaged; a beam-limiting member disposed between the light-reflecting plate (13) and the window member and configured to disallow transmission of visible light and X-rays therethrough and hence define the light exit aperture.

Techniques are provided for x-ray sensing for intraoral tomography. A methodology implementing the techniques according to an embodiment includes detecting an x-ray pulse based on energy received at one or more pixels of a pixel array. The method also includes integrating the energy received at each of the pixels of the array of pixels, in response to the detection, wherein the energy received at each of the pixels is associated with the x-ray pulse. The method further includes multiplexing readouts of analog signals from the array of pixels into two or more parallel channels. The method further includes simultaneously converting (or otherwise in parallel) the analog signals of each of the channels into digital signals and storing the digital signals in memory as frames of data. The method may further include, for example, transmitting the frames of data from the memory, over a Universal Serial Bus, to an imaging system.

A system and method utilizing a one-way mirror display for patient self-positioning for dental x-ray image acquisition. The system includes a camera configured to capture images of the patient, a display, a one-way mirror positioned between the patient's location and the display, and an electronic processor. The electronic processor is configured to select an operating mode of the display based on user input and display at least one image on the display based on the selected operating mode. The method includes receiving image data from the camera, identifying at least one facial feature of the patient in the image data, determining whether the patient's face is aligned with at least one anatomical plane based on the at least one facial feature, and displaying at least one movement guide on the display based on the determined alignment of the patient's face.

The present invention particularly relates to a structure applicable for use in the context of dental or medical x-ray imaging, comprising an x-ray detector (15), an x-ray source (14), a light field indicator (141), and a support structure (12) to which the x-ray source (14) and light field indicator (141) structures are mounted, the support structure (12) being configured to allow the x-ray source (14) and light field indicator (141) structures to be positioned in essentially the same location, so that when located in said essentially the same location at a given time, they direct a given x-ray illumination field pattern and visible light field pattern in essentially the same direction towards the x-ray detector (15).