Dental image registration device and method

Abstract

Provided is a dental image registration device comprising: an outermost boundary detection unit for detecting, from first teeth image data, a first outermost boundary region which is the outermost boundary region of dentition, and detecting, from second teeth image data, a second outermost boundary region which is the outermost boundary region of the dentition; and an image registration unit which registers the first and second teeth image data on the basis of a first inscribed circle inscribed within the first outermost boundary region and a second inscribed circle inscribed within the outermost boundary region, or registers the first and second teeth image data on the basis of a first central point of the first outermost boundary region and a second central point of the second outermost boundary region.

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