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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2021
Palodex Group Oy, Tuusula, FI;
Esa Eronen, Littoinen, FI;
Markus Rintamäki, Tuusula, FI;
Paul Daquisto, Whitehouse Station, NJ (US);
PALODEX GROUP OY, Tuusula, FI;
Abstract
The invention relates to a controller () for dental imaging of an object. The controller comprises: at least one processor (), and at least one memory () including computer program code (). The at least one memory () and the computer program code () is configured to, with the at least one processor (), cause the controller () at least to: obtain first image data from an optical scanner unit (); obtain second image data from a dental X-ray imaging unit (); produce a first surface model () from the obtained first image data, wherein the first surface model () represents an optical three-dimensional shape of a surface of a first part of the object; and use the first surface model () to process the obtained second image data. The invention relates also to an imaging system (), a method, a computer program (), and a computer-readable medium for dental imaging of an object.