Tooth identification digital X-ray images and assignment of information to digital X-ray images
US7010153B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 21, 2003 |
| Grant date | Mar 7, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 18, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2207/30036
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method and device for identifying objects, especially teeth, on a digitized X-ray picture, by using image processing algorithms to localize areas containing the object by segmenting and/or edge detection, these areas being computationally linked with parameters of the X-ray unit and, optionally, with patient-heightened specific parameters. Another method and device for assigning information to objects, especially teeth, determined in a digitized X-ray picture or in a schematic representation, includes a first step detecting the digitized X-ray image for the schematic representation, a second step in which a determination of objects manually or automatically ensues in the event these objects have not yet been determined, a third step selecting the object for which additional information should be stored, retrieved or deleted, and a fourth step in which a reference that is stored is followed for a query operation to determine the information displayed by using such reference.
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