Patents by Inventor Mike Parma

Mike Parma has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Panoramic imaging using multi-spectral X-ray source
    Patent number: 10405813
    Abstract: Systems and methods for obtaining a panoramic image are provided. One system includes a gantry, an x-ray source, a receptor, and at least one controller. The x-ray source is mounted on the gantry and is configured to alternatively output x-ray radiation at a first energy level and x-ray radiation at a second energy level. The receptor is mounted on the gantry so that x-ray radiation from the x-ray source impinges on the receptor. The receptor is configured to output a plurality of frames of data including a first frame and a second frame sequential to the first frame. The controller is configured to control the x-ray source so that data in the first frame is generated based on x-ray radiation of the first energy level and data in the second frame is based on x-ray radiation of the second energy level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignees: Dental Imaging Technologies Corporation, PaloDEx Group OY
    Inventors: Petri Jouhikainen, David Albert Sebok, Bradley S. Carlson, Hongjian Shi, Mike Parma, Edward Marandola, Robert Keating, Esa Suuronen, Scott Kravis
  • PANORAMIC IMAGING USING MULTI-SPECTRAL X-RAY SOURCE
    Publication number: 20160220207
    Abstract: Systems and methods for obtaining a panoramic image. One system includes a gantry, an x-ray source, a receptor, and at least one controller. The x-ray source is mounted on the gantry and is configured to alternatively output x-ray radiation at a first energy level and x-ray radiation at a second energy level. The receptor is mounted on the gantry so that x-ray radiation from the x-ray source impinges the receptor. The receptor is configured to output a plurality of frames of data including a first frame and a second frame sequential to the first frame. The controller is configured to control the x-ray source so that data in the first frame is generated based on x-ray radiation of the first energy level and data in the second frame is based on x-ray radiation of the second energy level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Petri Jouhikainen, David Albert Sebok, Bradley S. Carlson, Hongjian Shi, Mike Parma, Edward Marandola, Robert Keating, Esa Suuronen, Scott Kravis