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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2023
Media Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Gifu University, Gifu, JP;
Hironobu Tsuji, Tokyo, JP;
Yosuke Tsuji, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuro Hayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Fujita, Gifu, JP;
Takeshi Hara, Gifu, JP;
Chisako Muramatsu, Gifu, JP;
Kazuki Horiba, Gifu, JP;
Akitoshi Katsumata, Gifu, JP;
Media Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Gifu University, Gifu, JP;
Abstract
Provided is an apparatus for measuring the thickness, roughness, and morphology index of the mandibular cortical bone using a dental panorama image to assist in the diagnosis of osteoporosis, wherein the thickness, roughness, and morphological index of the cortical bone is measured more accurately and the diagnosis of osteoporosis can be supported more accurately. An osteoporosis diagnostic support apparatus, wherein the apparatus has a contour extraction unit adapted to extract a mandibular contour from an image of a mandibular cortical bone photographed by a photographic apparatus adapted to photograph the mandibular cortical bone and surroundings thereof, a line segment extraction unit adapted to extract line segments from the image of the mandibular cortical bone photographed by the photographic apparatus; and a cortical bone thickness calculation unit adapted to calculate a thickness of the cortical bone based on the extracted mandibular contour and line segments.