An intraoral x-ray system mountable to a dentist’s office wall including components movable to compensate for defects in the wall’s flatness or the wall not being sufficiently perpendicular to the floor. The system also includes monitoring and compensation capabilities to compensate for drift in the position of the system’s x-ray source or patient movement before and during x-ray imaging, thereby avoiding the need for the taking of additional x-ray images and exposing the patient unnecessarily to extra x-ray dose. Additionally, the system further includes a data/signal processing unit that allows the x-ray source to be precisely moved along a predetermined trajectory and allows the system to perform computed tomosynthesis examinations of a patient. In addition, the x-ray source is attachable/detachable from the system’s robotic arm, with the system compensating automatically for the change in weight at the robotic arm’s end due to removal of the x-ray source.

The present disclosure is directed to a robotic surgical system and a corresponding method. The system includes at least one robot arm and a radiation source coupled to the robot arm. The system also includes a surgical table having a digital imaging receiver configured to output an electrical signal based on radiation received from the radiation source. A controller having a processor and a memory is configured to receive the electrical signal and generate an initial image of a patient on the surgical table based on the electrical signal. The controller transforms the initial image to a transformed image based on an orientation of the radiation source.

Provided is an X-ray imaging device having a foldable arm unit for supporting an X-ray tube, and an operating unit for operating the X-ray tube, on a joint of arms constituting the arm unit. The operating unit is, for instance, a display unit serving also as the operating unit (display unit with a touch panel), and it is detachable from the joint of the arms. As another operating unit, a handle for operating the arm unit is provided. The handle for operating the arm unit can be provided with an operating switch for operating the X-ray tube. With this configuration, the X-ray imaging device being superior in operability and easy in checking the displayed information can be provided, at any height the X-ray tube is positioned.

A virtual teaching system for a dental periapical X-ray film and a virtual periapical X-ray film acquisition method is provided. The system includes a workstation and a dental radiography machine. The dental radiography machine includes a mounting plate, a stand column, a head fixing device, a five-axis robotic arm, a bulb tube, and a seat; the stand column is disposed on the top side of the mounting plate, and the head fixing device and the seat are respectively fixed on the upper and lower portions of the stand column; and the five-axis robotic arm includes five joint modules and five connecting rods, and the two ends of the five-axis robotic arm are respectively connected to the top portion of the stand column and the bulb tube. The workstation is communicatively connected to the dental radiography machine.

An X-ray diagnosis apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a table including a tabletop on which a patient is placed; an imaging unit including an X-ray tube to radiate X-rays onto the patient and an X-ray detector to detect X-rays; a maneuvering unit including a handle unit that is provided with contact sensors to detect contact made by an operator and is gripped by the operator and being configured to receive a maneuver to bring into operation the imaging unit and/or the table according to an operation of the handle unit; and a processing circuitry that judges whether the imaging unit and/or the table is to be brought into operation on the basis of detection results obtained by the contact sensors and that brings the imaging unit and/or the table into operation in accordance with a result of the judgment and the maneuver performed on the maneuvering unit.

A system according to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure includes an imaging source; an imaging detector; a sensor coupled to at least one of the imaging source and imaging detector; and a controller that adjusts a relative position of the imaging source and the imaging detector based on an output of the sensor.

Multi-arm robotic systems and methods for monitoring a target are provided. The system may include a first robotic arm configured to orient a first component and a second robotic arm configured to orient a second component. The first robotic arm and the second robotic arm may be co-registered. The first robotic arm may be caused to orient the first component at a first pose. The second robotic arm may be caused to orient the second component at a second pose. At least one image may be received from the first component and the second component.

Systems and methods for tracking a target volume, e.g., tumor, in real-time during radiation treatment are provided. The system includes a memory to store a pre-acquired 3D image of the anatomy of interest in a first reference frame and a processor, operative coupled with the memory, to receive, from an ultrasound probe, a set-up ultrasound image of the anatomy of interest in a second reference frame. The processor further to establish a transformation between the first and second reference frames by registering the set-up ultrasound image with the pre-acquired 3D image and receive, from the ultrasound probe, an intrafraction ultrasound image of the anatomy of interest. The processor further to register the intrafraction ultrasound image with the set-up ultrasound image and track motion of the anatomy of interest based on the registered intrafraction ultrasound image.

A pressure control system for providing an interventional pressure to be applied to a defined area of a patient during a pre-interventional imaging process with an imaging system is provided. Therein, the interventional pressure corresponds to an interventional pressure applied to the defined area of the patient during an intervention via a medical technology device. The pressure control system includes a pressure plate, a force module, and a positioning apparatus. Therein, the force module is configured to apply a force on the pressure plate. Therein, the force on the pressure plate generates the interventional pressure. Therein, the positioning apparatus is configured to position the pressure plate and the force module relative to the patient.

The invention relates to a problem of setting mutual position of an anatomy being imaged and imaging means of a computed tomography imaging apparatus so that specifically the very volume of the anatomy desired to be imaged actually is imaged. To further the positioning, a positioning tool in a form of a three-dimensional virtual positioning model (40), generated from the anatomy to be imaged, is shown on a display from which the volume (41) of the anatomy desired to be imaged can be pointed, selected or defined.