Composite Oral Display Alignment for X-Ray and 3D Scans
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current dental systems do not provide a composite display of X-ray images and three-dimensional scans of oral areas, requiring dental professionals to mentally correlate common structures, which is imprecise and prone to errors.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for generating a composite display that aligns X-ray images with three-dimensional models of oral areas using a computer system, incorporating a correlation unit to match structures and generate a synchronized view.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If X-ray images and three-dimensional scans are viewed side-by-side separately, then both types of information can be displayed, but the dental professional must mentally correlate common structures which is imprecise and prone to errors
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges X-ray images and three-dimensional scans into a single composite display where corresponding anatomical structures are spatially aligned and displayed together. This integration allows dental professionals to view both types of information simultaneously in a correlated manner, eliminating the need for mental correlation while maintaining information accuracy.
2Measurement precision
If a composite display aligning X-ray images with three-dimensional models is generated, then structure correlation precision is improved, but system complexity and processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a correlation unit as an intermediary component that automatically aligns and correlates structures between X-ray images and three-dimensional models. This mediator handles the complex processing of matching anatomical features, generating the precise composite display without requiring the dental professional to perform manual correlation, thus improving precision while managing system complexity through automation.
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AI summary
Apparatuses, systems, and methods are provided for generating composite displays of oral areas. To generate the composite display, X-ray image data from an X-ray scan of an oral area of an individual and a three-dimensional model generated from a three-dimensional scan of the oral area of the individual are used. The X-ray image is correlated to a rendering generated from the three-dimensional model in the composite display such that structures in the X-ray image are matched to structures in the rendering.