Method and apparatus for imaging using digital dental X-ray sensor
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1. A dental intraoral x-ray sensor system comprising:
- a sensor holder;
a unit holder;
a signal processing unit;
a digital dental intraoral x-ray sensor; and
a power source, wherein;
said sensor holder is a positioning device comprising a rod and ring guide, said rod is designed to accommodate a variety of intraoral x-ray sensors and said rod allows said sensor to be adjusted to a variety of operative positions;
said unit holder is designed to attach to said rod and accommodate said signal processing unit that is detachable from said unit holder;
said signal processing unit comprising electronic components and said signal processing unit is coupled to said intraoral x-ray sensor via a sensor cable and to said power source via an electrical connector;
said power source comprising a battery and controller circuitry encapsulated together in a cap detachably attached to a connector side of said signal processing unit; and
said digital dental intraoral x-ray sensor comprising an encapsulated imaging pixel array attached to a distal end of said sensor cable.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus including an intraoral dental X-ray electronic sensor facing an x-ray source and connected to a signal processing unit that allows taking and storing multiple x-ray images even without the unit to be connected to database computer. The processing unit has a memory that may be equipped with energy source and the unit is mounted on the sensor holder and can be easily removed from it. The images from the memory can be downloaded into a database using standard serial digital interfaces during or after the image acquisition.
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1. A dental intraoral x-ray sensor system comprising:
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a sensor holder; a unit holder; a signal processing unit; a digital dental intraoral x-ray sensor; and a power source, wherein; said sensor holder is a positioning device comprising a rod and ring guide, said rod is designed to accommodate a variety of intraoral x-ray sensors and said rod allows said sensor to be adjusted to a variety of operative positions; said unit holder is designed to attach to said rod and accommodate said signal processing unit that is detachable from said unit holder; said signal processing unit comprising electronic components and said signal processing unit is coupled to said intraoral x-ray sensor via a sensor cable and to said power source via an electrical connector; said power source comprising a battery and controller circuitry encapsulated together in a cap detachably attached to a connector side of said signal processing unit; and said digital dental intraoral x-ray sensor comprising an encapsulated imaging pixel array attached to a distal end of said sensor cable. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A dental x-ray system for image acquisition comprising:
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a sensor holder; a unit holder; a signal processing unit; a digital dental intraoral x-ray sensor; a power source; and an internal memory;
wherein;said sensor holder is a positioning device comprising a rod and a ring guide, said rod is designed to accommodate a variety of intraoral x-ray sensors and said rod allows said sensor to be adjusted to a variety of operative positions; said unit holder is designed to attach to said rod and accommodate said signal processing unit that is detachable from said unit holder; said signal processing unit comprising electronic components and said signal processing unit is coupled to said intraoral x-ray sensor via a sensor cable and to said power source via an electrical connector; said power source comprising a battery and controller circuitry encapsulated together in a cap detachably attached to a connector side of said signal processing unit; said digital dental intraoral x-ray sensor comprising an encapsulated imaging pixel array attached to a distal end of said sensor cable; and wherein said signal processing unit includes said internal memory, wherein multiple images are stored on said internal memory. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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