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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2008
Tomoyuki Sadakane, Kyoto, JP;
Masakazu Suzuki, Kyoto, JP;
Hideki Yoshikawa, Kyoto, JP;
Teruji Nakai, Kyoto, JP;
Tetsuzo Ito, Kyoto, JP;
Tomoyuki Sadakane, Kyoto, JP;
Masakazu Suzuki, Kyoto, JP;
Hideki Yoshikawa, Kyoto, JP;
Teruji Nakai, Kyoto, JP;
Tetsuzo Ito, Kyoto, JP;
J. Morita Manufacturing Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
An object of the present invention is to provide an image processing method, etc. capable of producing a panorama tomogram with a simple operation whenever required by the operator. The present invention relates to an image processing method for producing a panorama tomogram of the dental arch using the X-ray projection data on the dentomaxillofacial region obtained by the X-ray computer tomography. The image processing method according to the present invention includes the steps of retrieving the dental arch projection data corresponding to the dental arch from the X-ray projection data based on the preset position and shape information to specify the position and shape of the dental arch from the X-ray projection data (S) and generating a panorama tomogram by executing a predetermined process using the dental arch projection data (S).