Patent ID: 8750450

Claim:
A method for creating a dental three-dimensional (3D) radiograph of at least one subregion, forming a volume, of an object using an X-ray apparatus, the method comprising: positioning the object relative to the apparatus; creating a 3D radiograph of the volume from a plurality of projected X-ray images during an at least partial revolution of a system of the X-ray apparatus including an X-ray emitter and an X-ray detector around at least a subregion of the object; prior to the creating of the radiograph of the volume, displaying at least a part of the object in a graphical representation, a position of the graphical representation relative to a current position of the apparatus and a current position of a patient being predetermined, the volume being governed by the positioning of the object relative to the apparatus and by at least one of settings data and control data, and the volume being shown on the object in the graphical representation and having a position and size that are selectively alterable; and automatically adjusting at least one of the settings data and the control data for creating the 3D radiograph, in response to at least one of the position and size of the volume shown on the object within the graphical representation being altered, wherein the settings data and the control data define at least one of a position of an axis of rotation of at least part of the X-ray apparatus, a path of movement of at least part of the X-ray apparatus, a position of at least part of the X-ray apparatus, and a position of the object.