System and method for generating profile morphing using cephalometric tracing data
US8711178B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 19, 2011 |
| Grant date | Apr 29, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 19, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG16H50/50
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method for generating an animated morph between a first image and a second image is provided. The method may include: (i) reading a first set of cephalometric landmark points associated with the first image; (ii) reading a second set of cephalometric landmark points associated with the second image; (iii) defining a first set of line segments by defining a line segment between each of the first set of cephalometric landmarks; (iv) defining a second set of line segments by defining a line segment between each of the second set of cephalometric landmarks such that each line segment of the second set of line segments corresponds to a corresponding line segment of the first set of line segments; and (v) generating an animation progressively warping the first image to the second image based at least on the first set of line segments and the second set of line segments.
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