Patent ID: 7693263

Claim:
A method of 3D reconstruction of a body map, the method comprising: shifting an arm of an x-ray apparatus along a trajectory relative to a body, the x-ray apparatus bearing an x-ray tube and a detector being situated so as to be opposite the tube, the detector fixed to a lift device, the lift device connected to the arm; lowering the lift device and the detector towards the body; measuring distances between the detector and parts of the body situated outside a field of x-rays, using sensors placed on a rim of the detector; automatically controlling a speed of approach of the lift device relative to the body according to these measured distances; measuring distances between the detector and body parts of the body situated in the field of x-rays, using an antenna on one face of the detector; transmitting the measured distances between the detector and the parts of the body situated in the x-ray field and the measured distances between the detector and the parts of the body situated outside the x-ray field to an image learning base which assigns a measured distance to each pixel of the body; and outputting 3D reconstruction parameters of the body map based at least in part on the measured distance to each pixel of the body.