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Title:
PANORAMA RADIOGRAPHY POSITION ADJUSTING DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2002034973
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To adjust each part of a panorama radiograph device to a correct position of the head part of a patient.

A sensor 16 is provided at a standing position of a patient to check if the patient is introduced to a specified position, a side surface camera 7 to monitor a side surface of the head part of the patient is provided on a radiographic part 3 suspended from a rotary arm forward/backward slide mechanism which is rotatable, slidable, and vertically movable within a horizontal plane, and a front surface camera 10 to monitor a front surface of the head part of the patient is provided close to a chin rest 9 which is vertically movable. Face image data obtained by both cameras 7 and 10 is analyzed by a computer, a moving direction or a moving direction with moving quantity for each part of a position-based adjusting device is displayed in a display part based on analyzed values, and an operator adjusts the device to a correct position of the head part of the patient in accordance with displayed instruction by the computer.


Inventors:
TOMOE TAKESHI
SOMEYA CHIEKO
Application Number:
JP2000221840A
Publication Date:
February 05, 2002
Filing Date:
July 24, 2000
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
YOSHIDA SEISAKUSHO KK
International Classes:
A61B6/14; (IPC1-7): A61B6/14
Domestic Patent References:
JPH033307U1991-01-14
JPH06217973A1994-08-09
JPS61172545A1986-08-04
JPH10225455A1998-08-25
JPH0115372Y21989-05-09
JPH11216135A1999-08-10
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Takeshi Nara