IP Library Granted Patent US 11,544,846
Granted Patent B2
US 11,544,846 · App. 17/004,729 · Granted Jan 3, 2023

Out-of-view CT scan detection

Inventors: Sergey Nikolskiy (Coto de Caza, CA); Fedor Chelnokov (Khimki, RU); Grant Karapetyan (Moscow, RU)
Assignee: James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics, Inc.
G06T7/0012G06T7/73G06T2207/10081G06T2207/30036
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Patent No.
US 11,544,846
App. No.
17/004,729
Granted
Jan 3, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Computer-implemented method and system automatically detects an out-of-view CT scan by receiving a voxel density file, determining a threshold iso-value of density between air density and a material density of one or more scanned objects in the voxel density file, and evaluating, using the threshold iso-value of density, one or more horizontal slices of the voxel density file to determine whether at least a portion of the one or more scanned objects is out of view.

Claims (41)

1. A computer-implemented method to automatically detect an out-of-view Computed Tomography (CT) scan, comprising:

receiving a voxel density file;

determining a threshold iso-value of density between air density and a material density of one or more scanned objects in the voxel density file; and

evaluating, using the threshold iso-value of density, one or more horizontal slices of the voxel density file to determine whether at least a portion of the one or more scanned objects is out of view,

wherein evaluating comprises determining a lateral out-of-view shift,

wherein determining a lateral out-of-view shift comprises determining a horizontal slice comprising a longest continuous arc of intersection between a view cylinder boundary and voxels above the threshold iso-value of density is above a lateral out-of-view shift threshold.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the lateral out-of-view shift threshold comprises a percentage of the longest continuous arc of intersection length of a view cylinder boundary length.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the lateral out-of-view shift threshold is at least 4% up to 100%.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising notifying an operator of the out-of-view scan.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more scanned objects comprises one or more physical dental impressions.

6. A computer-implemented method to automatically detect an out-of-view Computed Tomography (CT) scan, comprising:

receiving a voxel density file;

determining a threshold iso-value of density between air density and a material density of one or more scanned objects in the voxel density file; and

evaluating, using the threshold iso-value of density, one or more horizontal slices of the voxel density file to determine whether at least a portion of the one or more scanned objects is out of view, wherein evaluating comprises determining a top out-of-view shift,

wherein determining the top out-of-view shift comprises evaluating a top horizontal slice of the voxel density file to determine whether the number of pixels above the threshold iso-value exceeds a top out-of-view shift threshold.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the top out-of-view shift threshold is at least 5% up to 100%.

8. A computer-implemented method to automatically detect an out-of-view Computed Tomography (CT) scan, comprising:

receiving a voxel density file;

determining a threshold iso-value of density between air density and a material density of one or more scanned objects in the voxel density file; and

evaluating, using the threshold iso-value of density, one or more horizontal slices of the voxel density file to determine whether at least a portion of the one or more scanned objects is out of view,

wherein evaluating comprises determining a bottom out-of-view shift,

wherein determining the bottom out-of-view shift comprises evaluating a bottom horizontal slice of the voxel density file to determine whether the number of pixels above the threshold iso-value exceeds a bottom out-of-view shift threshold.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the bottom out-of-view shift threshold is at least 8% up to 100%.

10. A system of automatically detecting an out-of-view Computed Tomography (CT) scan, comprising:

a processor;

a computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions executable by the processor to perform steps comprising:

receiving a voxel density file;

determining a threshold iso-value of density between air density and a material density of one or more scanned objects in the voxel density file; and

evaluating, using the threshold iso-value of density, one or more horizontal slices of the voxel density file to determine whether at least a portion of the one or more scanned objects is out of view,

wherein evaluating comprises determining a lateral out-of-view shift,

wherein determining a lateral out-of-view shift comprises determining a horizontal slice comprising a longest continuous arc of intersection between a view cylinder boundary and voxels above the threshold iso-value of density is above a lateral out-of-view shift threshold.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein evaluating comprises determining a lateral out-of-view shift.

12. The system of claim 10 , wherein evaluating comprises determining a vertical out-of-view shift.

13. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing executable computer program instructions for automatically detecting an out-of-view Computed Tomography (CT) scan, the computer program instructions comprising instructions for:

receiving a voxel density file;

determining a threshold iso-value of density between air density and a material density of one or more scanned objects in the voxel density file; and

evaluating, using the threshold iso-value of density, one or more horizontal slices of the voxel density file to determine whether at least a portion of the one or more scanned objects is out of view,

wherein evaluating comprises determining a lateral out-of-view shift,

wherein determining a lateral out-of-view shift comprises determining a horizontal slice comprising a longest continuous arc of intersection between a view cylinder boundary and voxels above the threshold iso-value of density is above a lateral out-of-view shift threshold.

14. The medium of claim 13 , wherein evaluating comprises determining a lateral out-of-view shift.

15. The medium of claim 13 , wherein evaluating comprises determining a vertical out-of-view shift.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 3, 2022
From: NIKOLSKIY, SERGEY; CHELNOKOV, FEDOR; KARAPETYAN, GRANT
To: JAMES R. GLIDEWELL DENTAL CERAMICS, INC.
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