Superimposition of 3-dimensional cone-beam computed omputed tomography for 2-dimensional image analysis

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Computed Tomography: New Research

Abstract

The purpose of this chapter is to present various examples of superimposed cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) images developed by the authors. Four different serial software programs were used to transform the digital imaging and communication in medicine (DICOM) data from CBCT images into polygon data, and a software program was used for the measurements. The iterative closest point (ICP) method was used for precise superimposition. The data conversion errors from different software programs were verified by our previous studies. This three-dimensional (3D) superimposition technique can be used for a valid and reproducible assessment of treatment outcomes for growing and adult patients, and is considered to be of clinical value because two-dimensional (2D) manageability is combined with 3D accuracy. In this chapter, we will present 4 cases using this precise superimposition technique. © 2013 Nova Science Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved.

First Page

458

Last Page

475

Publication Date

3-1-2013

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