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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2011
Applicants:
Kustaa Nyholm, Siuntio, FI;
Christian DE Godzinsky, Vantaa, FI;
Juha Koivisto, Helsinki, FI;
Inventors:
Assignee:
PLANMECA OY, Helsinki, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 (2006.01); G06T 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/107 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 6/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 17/00 (2013.01); A61B 5/0064 (2013.01); A61B 5/1079 (2013.01); A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 6/14 (2013.01); A61B 6/4417 (2013.01); A61B 6/5247 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention relates to a dental imaging apparatus which includes an x-ray imaging means and at least one color camera for photographing the face of a patient positioned at the imaging station of the apparatus, which at least one color camera is arranged to image the patient's face positioned at the patient support station from different directions, and means arranged into functional connection with said at least one color camera for creating a virtual three-dimensional texture model of the patient's face.