Patent ID: 11872066
Assignee: PALODEX GROUP OY
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 16:
17. A method for controlling an X-ray imaging unit comprising: a first patient positioning means defining a first patient position for panoramic imaging and computer tomography (CT) imaging, a second patient positioning means defining a patient position for defining a second patient position for one-shot cephalometric imaging, a column, an upper shelf coupled to the column through a pivoting joint, a rotating part rotatably coupled to the upper shelf and having a rotation axis with respect to the upper shelf, the rotating part comprising a first X-ray source and an X-ray detector, a first cephalometric arm attached to the column and connected to the second patient positioning means, a second cephalometric arm attached to the column, and a second X-ray source secured to the column by the second cephalometric arm, the method comprising:
moving the rotating part relative to the column about the pivoting joint away from the second X-ray source between a first position in vertical alignment with the first patient positioning means and a second position in vertical alignment with the second patient positioning means; and
acquiring a one-shot cephalometric image with the second X-ray source and the X-ray detector when the rotating part is in the second position.