IP Library Granted Patent US 10,275,909
Granted Patent B2
US 10,275,909 · App. 15/360,313 · Granted Apr 30, 2019

Systems and methods for an integrated system for visualizing, simulating, modifying and 3D printing 3D objects

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Patent No.
US 10,275,909
App. No.
15/360,313
Granted
Apr 30, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods and systems for visualizing, simulating, modifying and/or 3D printing objects are provided. The system is an end-to-end system that can take as input 3D objects and allow for various levels of user intervention to produce the desired results.

Claims (30)

1. A method for correcting mask data, the method comprising:

receiving a single voxel location, mask data of a 3D volume and a region of interest of the 3D volume;

determining similarity between any voxel in the region of interest and one or more voxels in the mask data, the similarity is based on one or more features values of the one or more voxels in the mask data, the single voxel location, and the region of interest of the 3D volume; and

modifying the mask data based on the similarity.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein modifying the mask data comprises removing one or more voxels from the mask data that are a connected component of the single voxel location and above a similarity threshold.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein modifying the mask data comprises adding one or more voxels into the mask data that are a connected component of the single voxel location and below a similarity threshold.

4. The method of claim 2 wherein the similarity threshold is based on the single voxel location.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the one or more feature values are based on

a volume intensity value,

a response of a 3D volume to one or more spatial filters,

a gradient magnitude of the volume intensity value,

a Frangi filter response, or any combination thereof.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein determining the similarity is further based on a distance between each voxel in the mask data of the 3D volume and the single voxel location.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the single voxel location is input by a user via clicking on a displayed image of the mask data.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the region of interest of the 3D volume data is from a CT scan, a CBCT scan, an MRI image, or any combination thereof.

9. A non-transient computer readable medium containing program instructions for causing a computer to perform the method of:

receiving a single voxel location, mask data of a 3D volume and a region of interest of the 3D volume;

determining similarity between any voxel in the region of interest and one or more voxels in the mask data, the similarity is based on one or more features values of the one or more voxels in the mask data, the single voxel location, and the region of interest of the 3D volume; and

modifying the mask data based on the similarity.

10. The non-transient computer readable medium of claim 9 wherein modifying the mask data comprises removing one or more voxels from the mask data that are a connected component of the single voxel location and above a similarity threshold.

11. The non-transient computer readable medium of claim 9 modifying the mask data comprises adding one or more voxels into the mask data that are a connected component of the single voxel location and below a similarity threshold.

12. The non-transient computer readable medium of claim 9 wherein the similarity threshold is based on the single voxel location.

13. The non-transient computer readable medium of claim 9 wherein the one or more feature values are based on

a volume intensity value,

a response of a 3D volume to one or more spatial filters,

a gradient magnitude of the volume intensity value,

a Frangi filter response, or any combination thereof.

14. The non-transient computer readable medium of claim 9 determining the similarity is further based on a distance between each voxel in the mask data of the 3D volume and the single voxel location.

15. The non-transient computer readable medium of claim 9 wherein the single voxel location is input by a user via clicking on a displayed image of the mask data.

16. The non-transient computer readable medium of claim 9 wherein the region of interest of the 3D volume data is from a CT scan, a CBCT scan, an MRI image, or any combination thereof.

Assignments (2)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 26, 2021
From: HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: 3D SYSTEMS, INC.
Reel/Frame 057651/0374 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 2, 2018
From: PRI-TAL, DAN; PORAT, ROY; KALISMAN, OREN
To: 3DSYSTEMS, INC.
Reel/Frame 045408/0203 →