X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices – Source support – Including object support or positioning
Patent
1998-11-11
1999-12-07
Porta, Daivd P.
X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices
Source support
Including object support or positioning
378 38, 378195, H05G 102
Patent
active
059971762
ABSTRACT:
A method and an x-ray apparatus produces a standard set of x-rays of a person's head while he or she is in a prone position. A movable frame is rigidly connected to a table, such as an operating table, and an extendible arm having a receiver for an x-ray source at a distal end provides for placement of the x-ray source in various, fixed positions. Right and left lateral cephalograms, an anterior-to-posterior cephalogram, and right and left transcranial views of the temporomandibular joint are provided by the fixed-position x-ray source. A panorama x-ray machine is also movably engaged with the frame for taking panographic images. A first set of cephalograms can be taken of a patient on an operating table, and the portable x-ray apparatus can be moved away from the operating table. A surgical treatment objective can be overlaid on the first set of cephalograms. Oral or orthognathic surgery or repair can be performed, and the portable x-ray apparatus can be subsequently reconnected to the operating table for taking a second set of cephalograms that precisely overlay the first set. A surgical team can thus compare actual operative results with the surgical treatment objective, and if necessary, make changes while the patient is still on the operating table.
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