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US20160310088A1
US20160310088A1 US15/107,469 US201415107469A US2016310088A1 US 20160310088 A1 US20160310088 A1 US 20160310088A1 US 201415107469 A US201415107469 A US 201415107469A US 2016310088 A1 US2016310088 A1 US 2016310088A1
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  • the present invention relates generally to a dental imaging device using X-rays and, more particularly, to a device for panoramic radiography, computed tomography, cephalometric radiography, or combination thereof, which are widely used in dental clinics.
  • an X-ray imaging device refers to a device that allows a predetermined amount of X-rays penetrates a body part to be radiographed, and provides an image by using electrical signals generated from an X-ray detector on which the penetrated X-rays are incident.
  • the X-rays penetrated through the body part generate different electrical signals according to the X-ray attenuation ratio of a location of the body part, and thus an image is realized through the electrical signals and location information.
  • the energy of the X-rays incident on the X-ray detector is influenced not only by the attenuation ratio according to a penetration path but also by an incidence angle and a distance from the X-ray source to each location of the incidence surface of the X-ray detector. Accordingly, in order to obtain an accurate X-ray image, it is required the work of correction for X-ray energy differences due to the differences in distance and angle.
  • FIG. 1 a is a view illustrating that an X-ray image is obtained using a conventional flat detector.
  • FIG. 1 b is a view illustrating differences in distance according to locations, on which X-rays are incident, in the conventional flat detector.
  • an X-ray source 10 is a cone-beam type that radially emits X-rays within a predetermined angle range
  • an X-ray detector is a flat detector 20 that detects X-ray energy incident on a flat surface having a predetermined area.
  • a distance to a center of the flat detector 20 is R 1
  • a distance to an edge of the flat detector is R 2
  • X-rays traveling distances become different.
  • X-rays are incident on the center of the flat detector 20 at a right angle, and on the contrary, X-rays are incident on the edge of the flat detector at a tilted angle by a distance apart from the center. Due to the differences, the detected result is inaccurate, and thus to compensate for this, the work of correction for an incidence location on the flat detector is required.
  • the present invention has been proposed to solve the above problems, and the present invention is intended to propose a dental X-ray imaging device having a curved X-ray detector of which the parts are at an equal distance from the X-ray source.
  • a dental X-ray imaging device including: an X-ray source radially emitting X-rays; and a curved detector spaced apart from the X-ray source at a predetermined distance, and formed in a cylindrical two-dimensional curved shape or in a spherical three-dimensional curved shape having a same radius of curvature as the predetermined distance.
  • the curved detector may include a plurality of pixels, wherein a curvature of each of the pixels, given that an incidence surface of each pixel has a tilted angle ⁇ relative to an incidence surface of a neighboring pixel, satisfies a following expression of relation within an error range of 20%:
  • a dental X-ray imaging device having a curved X-ray detector of which the parts are at an equal distance from the X-ray source. Thereby, it is possible to provide an accurate X-ray image without additional correction according to locations on the X-ray detector.
  • FIG. 1 a is a view illustrating that an X-ray image is obtained by using a conventional flat detector
  • FIG. 1 b is a view illustrating differences in distance according to locations, on which X-rays are incident, in the conventional flat detector
  • FIG. 2 is a view illustrating a curved detector according to an embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of the curved detector according to the embodiment of FIG. 2 ;
  • FIG. 4 is a view illustrating a curved detector according to another embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a view illustrating a curved detector according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the curved detector according to the present invention may be formed in a cylindrical two-dimensional curved shape or in a spherical three-dimensional curved shape.
  • FIG. 2 schematically shows that an X-ray image of a head of a subject H is obtained by the three-dimensional curved (spherical) detector 200 .
  • X-rays emitted from an X-ray source 10 are incident on the three-dimensional curved detector 200 after penetrating the head of the subject H, wherein the entire incidence surface of the three-dimensional curved detector 200 has an equal X-ray path length and an equal incidence angle.
  • the curved detector 200 may be set to have a predetermined curvature when manufactured. However, if it is necessary, the curved detector 200 may be a flexible detector so as to be adjusted and set to have the predetermined curvature by a support frame, such as a jig.
  • the curved detector 200 may include a plurality of pixels. At least a part of the plurality of pixels may be configured to have a triangular shape to make it advantageous to design a two-dimensional curved (cylindrical) shape or a three-dimensional curved (spherical) shape.
  • FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of the curved detector according to the embodiment of FIG. 2 .
  • the X-ray source 10 is disposed at a location defining a vertex, and an arc of the sectorial shape refers to a part of the curved detector 200 A including the plurality of pixels.
  • a curvature of each pixel and a curvature of the curved detector are determined by the following expression of relationship.
  • ⁇ a cos (a size of one pixel/2)/FDD
  • a curvature of the curved detector one pixel curvature ⁇ a length of the detector/2
  • the curvature of each pixel and the curvature of the curved detector may be obtained from the above relationship. Further, if the detector is applied to a dental X-ray imaging device, the detector can be set to have a curvature value obtained from the above relationship within an error range of ⁇ 20%, thereby obtaining the aimed effect through the present invention.
  • the dental X-ray imaging device for example, when the above relationship is applied to a case where a size of a pixel is 200 ⁇ m ⁇ 200 ⁇ m, a size of the curved detector is 145 mm ⁇ 116 mm, and the FDD is 640 mm, the following values are obtained:
  • the curvature of the curved detector may be obtained from a size of a pixel, a size of the detector, and a value of the FDD by using the above relationship.
  • the curved detector may be applied to a detector for panoramic radiography, a detector for computed tomography, or a detector for cephalometric radiography. If each pixel has an equal size, the curvature of the curved detector may vary depending on the value of the FDD.
  • FIG. 4 is a view illustrating a curved detector according to another embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 4 illustrates that the curved detector 201 according to the present invention is applied as a detector for panoramic radiography of the dental X-ray imaging device.
  • the curved detector 201 may be formed in a two-dimensional curved shape having a curvature only in a vertical direction, or may be formed in a three-dimensional curved (spherical) shape having curvatures in both a vertical direction and a depth direction in the drawing. In either case, the detector for panoramic radiography may be formed in a shape that a length of the depth direction is shorter than a length of the vertical direction in the drawing.
  • the curvature of the curved detector 201 , the size of a pixel forming the detector, and the distance from the X-ray source 10 (FDD) may satisfy the relationship described referring to the embodiment of FIG. 3 , or may satisfy the relationship within an error range of ⁇ 20%.

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