Automatic Panoramic Reconstruction of Dental Images from Computed Tomography

• Paulo Henrique Junqueira Amorim CTI Renato Archer
• Thiago Franco Moraes CTI Renato Archer
• Fábio de Souza Azevedo CTI Renato Archer
• Jorge Vicente Lopes da Silva CTI Renato Archer
• Helio Pedrini UNICAMP

Abstract

Computed tomography (CT) plays an important role in medical and dental diagnosis. In Dentistry, the panoramic reconstruction from CT images are commonly used for providing a longitudinal view of the dental arch. This paper describes a method for automatically reconstructing panoramic images of the dental arch from CT images. Experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.

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