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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2011
Jean-marc Inglese, Bussy-Saint Georges, FR;
Wei Wang, Minhang, CN;
Liwei Song, Pudong, CN;
Victor C. Wong, Rochester, NY (US);
Jean-Marc Inglese, Bussy-Saint Georges, FR;
Wei Wang, Minhang, CN;
Liwei Song, Pudong, CN;
Victor C. Wong, Rochester, NY (US);
Carestream Health, Inc., Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for identification of caries, executed at least in part on data processing hardware, captures a plurality of blocks of digital tooth images, each block of tooth images comprising a fluorescence image and one or more reflectance images. At least one registered fluorescence image is generated from the fluorescence image and the one or more reflectance images. A combined image is generated using each of the one or more reflectance images and the at least one registered fluorescence image.