US Patent Issued to Dentsply Sirona on Dec. 16 for "X-ray imaging method and system for reducing overlapping of neighboring teeth in panoramic images" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,026, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Dentsply Sirona Inc. (York, Pa.).

"X-ray imaging method and system for reducing overlapping of neighboring teeth in panoramic images" was invented by Kai Stannigel (Weinheim, Germany), Stefan Eichner (Heidelberg, Germany) and Michael Elvers (Darmstadt, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for generating a panoramic image with reduced overlapping of neighboring teeth, including: acquiring 2D x-ray images respectively at a different radiographic directions by a rotating an x-ray source and an x-ray detector around the jaw of a patient. It includes a step of identifying one or more regi...