X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices – Specific application – Dental panoramic
Patent
1987-02-24
1988-11-29
Fields, Carolyn E.
X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices
Specific application
Dental panoramic
378147, 378148, 378149, 378150, G21K 104
Patent
active
047886994
ABSTRACT:
A dental X-ray diagnostic installation for producing panoramic tomograms of the jaw of a patient is provided with a multiple diaphragm part having a plurality of different diaphragm apertures which can be adjusted to be positioned into a beam path from the X-ray source to enable producing different exposures. Preferably, the multiple diaphragm part is mounted for rotation on an axis so that the diaphragm apertures can be respectively aligned to the beam path of the radiation source. The multiple diaphragm part can be either a one-piece diaphragm member having a cylindrical configuration, a multiple piece member having a disk configuration, or can be a box-shaped carrier carrying a plurality of diaphragm inserts.
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Siemens sale brochure "Orthopantomograph 10," 1984.
Dobert Michael
Gunther Werner
Heubeck Erich
Fields Carolyn E.
Porta David P.
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
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