Patent ID: 6614875
Filing Date: 2003-09-02
Classification: A61B,G01N

Abstract:
An apparatus for imaging a head area of a patient to obtain a cephalometric X-ray image and a corresponding photographic image of a desired object in the head area, said apparatus comprising:an upright support (2); an arm arrangement (3,12) coupled to the upright support; an X-ray source (5) coupled to said arm arrangement; a cephalometric X-ray imaging device (6) mounted to said upright support and having a member (7) for positioning an X-radiation receiving element behind the object desired to be imaged so that said X-radiation receiving element obtains a cephalometric X-ray image; a positioning implement (8,9,10) for positioning the object desired to be imaged with respect to said X-radiation receiving element; and a camera (13) for taking a photographic image of the object to be imaged, said camera being coupled to said apparatus such that said camera and the X-ray source use substantially the same imaging geometry when obtaining both said cephalometric X-ray image and said photographic image, said X-ray source and said camera being interchangeably positioned in the apparatus for obtaining images of the object with substantially the same imaging geometry.