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System and method for comparing dental X-ray images

US8045772B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 1, 2008
Grant dateOct 25, 2011
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Expiry dateAug 24, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T2207/30036
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system for comparing dental X-ray images includes a positional displacement calculator calculating a positional displacement between dental X-ray test and reference images by using phase-only correlation, a positional displacement corrector correcting the positional displacement, a base point extractor defining, as a base image, any one of the dental X-ray test and reference images, and defining, as a corresponding image, the other one of the two dental images, and extracting base points from the base image, a corresponding point extractor extracting corresponding points, which correspond to the base points, from the corresponding image, a correspondence calculator calculating correspondence between the base points and the corresponding points, a nonlinear distortion corrector correcting a nonlinear distortion between the base image and the corresponding image, based on the correspondence, and a similarity calculator finding, by using phase-only correlation, a similarity between the base image and the corresponding image.

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