IP Library Granted Patent US 11,721,017
Granted Patent B2
US 11,721,017 · App. 17/219,243 · Granted Aug 8, 2023

CT reconstruction quality control

Inventors: Fedor Chelnokov (Khimki, RU); Grant Karapetyan (Moscow, RU)
Assignee: James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics, Inc.
G06T7/0012G06T2207/10081G06T2207/20021G06T2207/30036G06T2207/30168
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Patent No.
US 11,721,017
App. No.
17/219,243
Granted
Aug 8, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A computer-implemented method, system, and instructions can include receiving a reconstructed volume of an object; determining an air density and a material density from the reconstructed volume of the object; subdividing the reconstructed volume into one or more blocks, each block comprising one or more voxels; determining one or more contrast blocks within the reconstructed volume; and determining a reconstruction quality based on the number of contrast blocks in the reconstructed volume.

Claims (37)

1. A computer-implemented method of reconstruction quality control, comprising:

receiving a reconstructed volume of an object;

determining an air density and a material density from the reconstructed volume of the object;

subdividing the reconstructed volume into one or more blocks, each block comprising one or more voxels;

determining one or more contrast blocks within the reconstructed volume; and

determining a reconstruction quality based on the number of contrast blocks in the reconstructed volume.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the reconstructed volume is a computed tomography (CT) reconstructed volume.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the object is a dental impression.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining an air voxel count and a material voxel count in each of the one or more blocks.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the air voxel count comprises the number of voxels having a density below or equal to the air density.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the material voxel count comprises the number of voxels having a density above or equal to the material density.

7. The method of claim 4 , wherein a contrast block comprises a block where both a fraction of air voxels and a fraction of material voxels is greater than a contrast block threshold value of all voxels within the block.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the reconstruction quality is good where the number of contrast blocks in the reconstructed volume is greater than a reconstruction pass value.

9. A system of reconstruction quality control, comprising:

a processor;

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

receiving a reconstructed volume of an object;

determining an air density and a material density from the reconstructed volume of the object;

subdividing the reconstructed volume into one or more blocks, each block comprising one or more voxels;

determining one or more contrast blocks within the reconstructed volume; and

determining a reconstruction quality based on the number of contrast blocks in the reconstructed volume.

10. The system of claim 9 , further comprising determining an air voxel count and a material voxel count in each of the one or more blocks.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the air voxel count comprises the number of voxels having a density below or equal to the air density.

12. The system of claim 10 , wherein the material voxel count comprises the number of voxels having a density above or equal to the material density.

13. The system of claim 10 , wherein a contrast block comprises a block where both a fraction of air voxels and a fraction of material voxels is greater than a contrast block threshold value of all voxels within the block.

14. The system of claim 9 , wherein the reconstruction quality is good where the number of contrast blocks in the reconstructed volume is greater than a reconstruction pass value.

15. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing executable computer program instructions for reconstruction quality control, the computer program instructions comprising instructions for:

receiving a reconstructed volume of an object;

determining an air density and a material density from the reconstructed volume of the object;

subdividing the reconstructed volume into one or more blocks, each block comprising one or more voxels;

determining one or more contrast blocks within the reconstructed volume; and

determining a reconstruction quality based on the number of contrast blocks in the reconstructed volume.

16. The medium of claim 15 , further comprising determining an air voxel count and a material voxel count in each of the one or more blocks.

17. The medium of claim 16 , wherein the air voxel count comprises the number of voxels having a density below or equal to the air density.

18. The medium of claim 16 , wherein the material voxel count comprises the number of voxels having a density above or equal to the material density.

19. The medium of claim 16 , wherein a contrast block comprises a block where both a fraction of air voxels and a fraction of material voxels is greater than a contrast block threshold value of all voxels within the block.

20. The medium of claim 15 , wherein the reconstruction quality is good where the number of contrast blocks in the reconstructed volume is greater than a reconstruction pass value.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 16, 2021
From: CHELNOKOV, FEDOR; KARAPETYAN, GRANT
To: JAMES R. GLIDEWELL DENTAL CERAMICS, INC.
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