A61B6/51

X-ray image capture apparatus

Disclosed is an X-ray image radiographing apparatus being economical by using a small width sensor, occupying less space, and providing an X-ray CT image and an X-ray panoramic image without distortion and with high accuracy. An X-ray image radiographing apparatus according the present invention includes a rotation supporter rotating based on a rotation shaft; a generating unit including an X-ray generator radiating an X-ray beam; a sensing unit including a small width sensor moving in a width direction thereof; and a controller changing a rotation speed of the rotation supporter or a frame rate of the sensing unit to compensate changes in magnification ratio according to a distance change between an area of interest of the subject and the small width sensor when performing an X-ray image radiographing sequence obtaining a number of CT images by rotating the rotation supporter.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REPLACING A ROTATIONAL AXIS DECODER IN A SCANNING SYSTEM
20200315568 · 2020-10-08 · ·

A method for determining the position and/or orientation of at least one sensor system relative to the base structure of a scanning system during scanning of an object, the method includes obtaining one or more tracking images using one or more cameras, where the cameras are in a fixed position with respect to the sensor system; and determining from the one or more tracking images the position and/or orientation of the sensor system relative to the base structure at a given time.

AUTOMATED CLASSIFICATION AND TAXONOMY OF 3D TEETH DATA USING DEEP LEARNING METHODS

A computer-implemented method for automated classification of 3D image data of teeth includes a computer receiving one or more of 3D image data sets where a set defines an image volume of voxels representing 3D tooth structures within the image volume associated with a 3D coordinate system. The computer pre-processes each of the data sets and provides each of the pre-processed data sets to the input of a trained deep neural network. The neural network classifies each of the voxels within a 3D image data set on the basis of a plurality of candidate tooth labels of the dentition. Classifying a 3D image data set includes generating for at least part of the voxels of the data set a candidate tooth label activation value associated with a candidate tooth label defining the likelihood that the labelled data point represents a tooth type as indicated by the candidate tooth label.

X-RAY CT IMAGING APPARATUS

An X-ray CT imaging apparatus includes: a supporter that is supported such that an X-ray generator and an X-ray detector are opposed to each other; a turning motor that turns the supporter about a shaft; a crosswise drive motor that moves the shaft in a crosswise direction; and a circuit that performs processing of controlling the turning motor and the crosswise drive motor and processing of setting the physique of a subject. When X-ray CT imaging is performed, the crosswise drive motor moves the shaft in synchronization with turning of the supporter about the shaft, and the supporter is caused to perform combined motion, which allows the X-ray generator and the X-ray detector to turn about a center of an X-ray CT imaging region, and position control of the shaft is performed according to the size of the physique of the subject.

Differential diagnosis of periapical diseases based on results of image analysis

Systems (100) and methods (200, 1600) for generating a medical and/or dental diagnosis. The methods comprise: obtaining a true color image of a select part of a subject's body; converting the true color image to a grayscale intensity image; generating a histogram equalized image by adjusting the grayscale intensity image's contrast; processing the histogram equalized image to generate first information useful for generating the medical and/or dental diagnosis, the first information comprising at least one of (a) a ratio of a disease region's pixel mean intensity value and a normal region's mean pixel intensity value and (b) an indicator indicating whether a periodontal ligament space has widened or broken; and generating the medical and/or dental diagnosis based at least on the first information.

DENTAL OBSERVATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING DENTAL IMAGE
20200305702 · 2020-10-01 · ·

A dental observation device by which, without displaying, in an overlapping manner, a visible light image of an image-capturing site in an oral cavity captured by a 3-D camera and 3-D image information on the image-capturing site in the oral cavity acquired in advance, an invisible portion in the visible light image is easily recognized.

An observation system includes a visible light 3-D camera; a relative position calculator; a 3-D information storage storing 3-D image information acquired in advance; an image display displaying, side by side, a 2-D captured image captured by the visible light 3-D camera and 2-D converted image based on the 3-D image information corresponding to the surgical operation target site; and a display direction adjuster displaying, in the image display, the 2-D converted image in a predetermined direction on the basis of the image-capturing direction detected by the relative position calculator.

Automated Tooth Localization, Enumeration, and Diagnostic System and Method

A system and method for automated localization, enumeration, and diagnoses of a tooth/condition. The system detects a condition for at least one defined localized and enumerated tooth structure within a cropped image from a full mouth series based on any one of a pixel-level prediction, wherein said condition is detected by at least one of detecting or segmenting a condition on at least one of the enumerated tooth structures within the cropped image by a 2-D R-CNN.

DENTAL ROBOT HELMET
20240008941 · 2024-01-11 ·

A system comprising a helmet configured to be secured on a subject for a medical procedure. A plurality of sensors is coupled to the helmet and configured to generate image data representing a region of the subject. A controller is coupled to the helmet and configured to generate processed image data configured to control a robot during the medical procedure. A housing is coupled to the helmet and configured to house medical instruments for automatic access by the robot during the medical procedure.

Alignment of three-dimensional data collected in dental sessions, and applications thereof

Disclosed embodiments integrate a camera into an intraoral mirror. Integrating a camera into an intraoral mirror provides an efficient way to record and display what is visible to the healthcare provider in the mirror.

Operation panel display device for medical x-ray photography apparatus, medical x-ray photography apparatus, and display method in operation panel display device for medical x-ray photography apparatus

A display device for a medical X-ray photography apparatus may include: a display panel including a photography mode selection region where a plurality of photography mode selection images corresponding to a plurality of X-ray photography modes are displayed; an interface that receives a selection operation to select one of the photography mode selection images displayed on the display panel; a processor that performs display processing of the selected photography mode selection image displayed on the display panel in response to the selection operation received through the interface; and an illustration display region included in the display panel where an illustration corresponding to the selected photography mode selection image is displayed. When the selection operation is received, the selected photography mode selection image is displayed in a visually distinguishable manner, and the illustration corresponding to the selected photography mode is displayed in the illustration display region.