Patent ID: 7319736

Claim:
A dental x-ray apparatus for performing real-time digital radiography of a patient skull, the dental x-ray apparatus comprising: an x-ray source to provide x-ray generation; an x-ray imager connected to the x-ray source; a cinematic unit configured to provide orbital movements of the x-ray source and the x-ray imager around the patient skull for Orthopantomography, Scannography and Tomography; an alignment mechanism to align the x-ray source with one of a relocated x-ray imager or a second x-ray imager for Cephalography; an image processing unit being electrically coupled to the x-ray imager, the image processing unit comprising: a FIFO registry, wherein the FIFO registry comprises a temporary storage device; a full adder, wherein the full adder performs an add operation on FIFO data; an image memory; a data bus to connect the FIFO registry, the full adder and the image memory; a Cassette Speed Simulator (CSS); and a control logic functional unit, the control logic functional unit comprising programmable logic to generate a phase sequence or addressing function for the x-ray imager and control signals to control enabling and data exchange between the FIFO registry, the full adder and the image memory through the data bus.