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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2009
Sajjad Baloch, Monmouth Junction, NJ (US);
Konrad Sickel, Nuremberg, DE;
Vojtech Bubnik, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Rupen Melkisetoglu, Princeton, NJ (US);
Hui Xie, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Sergei Azernikov, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Andreas Reh, Nürnberg, DE;
Artem Boltyenkov, Nürnberg, DE;
Fred Mcbagonluri, East Windsor, NJ (US);
Tong Fang, Morganville, NJ (US);
Sajjad Baloch, Monmouth Junction, NJ (US);
Konrad Sickel, Nuremberg, DE;
Vojtech Bubnik, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Rupen Melkisetoglu, Princeton, NJ (US);
Hui Xie, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Sergei Azernikov, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Andreas Reh, Nürnberg, DE;
Artem Boltyenkov, Nürnberg, DE;
Fred McBagonluri, East Windsor, NJ (US);
Tong Fang, Morganville, NJ (US);
Siemens Audiologische Technik GmbH, Erlangen, DE;
Siemens Hearing Instruments, Inc., Piscataway, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method for designing a prosthetic device includes acquiring a three-dimensional image of an anatomical surface. A rules script for automatically performing a plurality of image processing rules using a script interpreter is executed. For each particular rule of the plurality of rules, one or more anatomical features that are relevant to the particular rule using a surface shaping engine are determined, the one or more determined anatomical features are automatically segmented from the acquired three-dimensional image using a feature detector, and the particular image processing rule is performed on the acquired three-dimensional image based on the automatically segmented anatomical features using a CAD tool. A prosthetic device design is produced based on the three-dimensional image upon which the rules of the plurality of image processing rules have been performed.