Patent ID: 9259196
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. A dental computed tomography apparatus, which includes a first arm part arranged turnable around a first substantially vertical rotation axis with the help of an actuator to which arm part and at a distance from each other and on the opposite sides of said rotation axis, a source of radiation and a receiver of image information have been arranged, a second arm part arranged turnable around a second substantially vertical rotation axis which second arm part is arranged to support said first arm part, and a control system for controlling one or more than one actuator driving said arm parts, the radiation source, and the receiver of image information which control system comprises a first control routine which during the imaging process controls said at least one actuator such that the first arm part rotates around said first substantially vertical rotation axis, wherein the control system comprises a second control routine which controls said at least one actuator of the apparatus such that, during the imaging process, for a duration of an imaging scan, said first arm part does not rotate but remains in its place in relation to said second arm part and said second arm part rotates around its rotation axis.