A system for digital reconstruction of gypsum dental casts.

Goshtasby, A A; Nambala, S; deRijk, W G; Campbell, S D · IEEE Trans Med Imaging · 1997

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

A range scanner is developed that can scan a gypsum dental cast and reconstruct the cast digitally for display and storage purposes. The scanner is based on subtractive light and computes the range values using optical triangulation. A fiducial marker is introduced that, when attached to a dental cast at the time of image acquisition, makes it possible to integrate multiview range images of the cast without image registration. A method for calibrating the scanner is described and experimental results showing the accuracy of the scanner are presented.

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