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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2009
Filed:
May. 20, 2006
Applicants:
Arun Singh, North Wales, PA (US);
Edward Marandola, Gwynedd, PA (US);
Omid Kia, North Bethesda, MD (US);
Uwe Mundry, Mauldin, SC (US);
Inventors:
Arun Singh, North Wales, PA (US);
Edward Marandola, Gwynedd, PA (US);
Omid Kia, North Bethesda, MD (US);
Uwe Mundry, Mauldin, SC (US);
Assignee:
Imaging Sciences International LLC, Hatfield, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/14 (2006.01); G01N 23/083 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a method and apparatus for generating a view of a jaw, a tomographic dataset of a volume including at least part of the jaw is obtained. Inner and outer surfaces of the jaw are identified in the tomographic dataset. Data for a region with boundaries related to the identified inner and outer surfaces are selected. A panoramic view is generated from the selected data and is displayed.