Method and support device for measuring jawbone mineral density
AssigneeElectronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
InventorsSoo Yeul Lee, Jeong Won Lee, Seung Hwan Kim, Seon Hee Park
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Abstract
There are provided a method and support device for measuring jawbone mineral density using a jawbone X-ray image. The method for measuring jawbone mineral density includes: obtaining a jawbone X-ray image using a support device for jawbone; defining a region of interest from the obtained jawbone X-ray image; and measuring jawbone mineral density from the defined region of interest. Therefore, the support device for measuring jawbone mineral density may be useful to measure jawbone mineral density with a jawbone X-ray imaging device, which has been widely used in dental clinics, by using the method.
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A method for measuring jawbone mineral density, the method comprising:
- positioning a support device for jawbone covering portions of teeth, lip, teethridge, and jawbone;
- obtaining a jawbone X-ray image using the support device for jawbone;
- defining a region of interest from the obtained jawbone X-ray image;
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- measuring jawbone mineral density from the defined region of interest.
A support device for measuring jawbone mineral density, comprising:
- an exterior case having at least one open side surface and having an empty space formed therein wherein the exterior case covers portions of each of teeth, lip, teethridge, and jawbone;
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- a pouch attached to the inner empty space of the exterior case and filled with gel or liquid substance to fix the support device with respect to teeth inside the exterior case.
A system for measuring jawbone mineral density, the system comprising:
- a support device having a pouch formed in an inner part of an exterior case to fix the support device with respect to teeth inside the exterior case and including a phantom formed in one inner side surface of the exterior case wherein the exterior case covers portions of each of teeth, lip, teethridge, and jawbone;
- an image acquisition unit provided in an outer side surface of the exterior case to obtain a jawbone X-ray image including an image of the phantom;
- an input/output unit inputting the obtained jawbone X-ray image and outputting the results of the processed jawbone X-ray image;
- a storage unit storing information that is required to measure jawbone mineral density from the obtained jawbone X-ray image;
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- a microprocessor controlling operations of the support device, the input/output unit and the storage unit, defining a region of interest from the obtained jawbone X-ray image, correcting an image of the defined region of interest and measuring jawbone mineral density.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.