WO2011026609A1 - Method for digitizing dento-maxillofacial objects - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a method for capturing the shape of a dento-maxillofacial object out of volumetric image data of that object. Further, the present invention relates to a method for determining a parameter for use in digitizing the dento-maxillofacial object.
- Dento-maxillofacial treatments are related to the dentition, the skull and the facial soft tissues.
- the scope of the treatments goes from handling teeth - such as aligning, restoring crowns, extracting, restoring including root and crown - over bone related treatments - such as maxillofacial surgery involving surgical remodelling or restoring of the skull and dentition, encompassing surgical interventions of repair, in particular, of a mis-positioning of the jaws with respect to one another, called orthognathic surgery, temporomandibular joint (TMJ) treatments
- Occlusion is meant the manner in which the teeth from the upper and lower arches come together when the mouth is closed.
- dento-maxillofacial treatments are complex and have a big impact on the patient's facial outlook, accurate treatment planning is required.
- Computer aided dento-maxillofacial planning systems are becoming available which digitize the traditional manual treatment planning process.
- dento-maxillofacial objects such as dental impressions, dental stone models or removable prostheses etc. Consequently, a need exists to enable accurate digitization of dento-maxillofacial objects.
- Dento-maxillofacial objects are characterized by a highly irregular shape showing various undercuts and small details. This characteristic makes digitizing the shape a challenging task.
- An alternative method to digitize the shape of the dento-maxillofacial material is using volumetric imaging techniques, such as destructive scanning or tomographic imaging.
- Tomographic imaging includes all image modalities that generate tomographic images. These tomographic images can be arranged in a 3D image volume.
- CT scanning An example of such tomographic imaging is CT scanning.
- X-rays are employed to digitize the shape of the dento-maxillofacial material. This is typically done in an industrialized environment based on industrial CT scanners or micro-CT scanners.
- this approach needs a significant investment and creates a logistic hassle. For example, a dental impression deforms when it dries. Therefore, it is advisable to digitize the impression as soon as possible and to carefully control the environment in which it is stored.
- Document US 7,123,767 describes techniques for segmenting a digital dentition model into models of individual components using e.g. CT scans.
- 3D segmentation techniques are described, many of which are human-assisted.
- European patent application EP1808129 discloses a human body information extraction device for extracting human body information including position information from a reference position, from 3D information on the human body elements obtained from a CT information or the like in which the position information from the reference position with respect to a human body element is unknown.
- a reference plane for positioning is detected by detecting information on a common positioning member contained in both of the 3D human body information from the CT information and a 3D model information from a human body model.
- the present invention aims to provide a method for generating a digital model of the shape of a dento-maxillofacial object out of a volumetric image data set, whereby the drawbacks and limitations of the prior art are overcome.
- the present invention relates to a method for capturing the shape of a dento-maxillofacial object out of volumetric image data of said dento-maxillofacial object.
- the method comprises the steps of performing a segmentation of said volumetric image data with at least one calculated segmentation parameter indicative of the distinction between said dento-maxillofacial object and its background, and capturing the shape of said dento-maxillofacial object from said segmented volumetric image data.
- the present invention also relates to a method for determining (i.e. calculating) at least one segmentation parameter of volumetric image data of a dento-maxillofacial object, whereby the method comprising the steps of obtaining volumetric image data of a calibration object with the same imaging protocol as used for obtaining said volumetric image data of said dento-maxillofacial object, and determining said at least one segmentation parameter by means of the shape of said calibration object and said volumetric image data of said calibration object.
- the at least one segmentation parameter is determined by aligning image data sets of the calibration object and of the volumetric image data of the calibration object, deriving a measure for comparing the aligned data sets, and deriving the at least one segmentation parameter based on a selection criterion on said measure.
- said method comprises the step of computing an accuracy measure of the segmentation obtained by applying the at least one segmentation parameter.
- the alignment is performed by voxel-based registration or by a point based alignment method.
- the selection criterion is based on a histogram that is built by measuring the image values in the volumetric image data of the calibration object at the surface of the aligned calibration object.
- the volumetric image data is obtained by a tomographic imaging technique comprising CT scanning.
- the calibration object has material properties substantially equal to those of the dento-maxillofacial object for a specific imaging technique.
- the calibration object has shape characteristics substantially equal to the shape of the dento-maxillofacial object.
- the calibration object has dimensions substantially equal to the dimensions of the dento-maxillofacial object.
- the present invention is related to a method for digitizing a dento-maxillofacial object comprising of the steps of: a) taking a calibration object designed with material properties suitable for a tomographic imaging technique; and optionally substantially equal to the dento-maxillofacial object in both shape and dimensions; b) scanning the calibration object with a tomographic imaging device; c) deriving at least one segmentation parameter; d) scanning the dento-maxillofacial object with the same imaging device and settings as used for the calibration object in step b; and e) applying a segmentation on the scanned dento- maxillofacial object with the at least one segmentation parameter obtained from step c.
- said segmentation of the method of the present invention is thresholding.
- the present invention is related to a program, executable on a programmable device containing instructions, which when executed, perform the method as in any of the methods as described above.
- the present invention is related to a kit comprising a calibration object and a data carrier containing the program as described above.
- said kit further comprises a carrier object for positioning the calibration object in an imaging device, said carrier object imaging significantly different than the calibration object.
- the invention further discloses a method for designing a calibration object.
- a major advantage of the method of the present invention is to correctly, robustly and reliably digitize a material with the equipment readily available to clinicians or dentists.
- the method guarantees that a detailed and accurate surface is automatically generated given the resolution of the volumetric image volume acquired by the tomographic imaging method.
- Fig. 1 represents a workflow of a digitizing method according to the invention.
- Fig. 2 represents an outline of the algorithm for defining the optimal threshold value.
- Fig. 3 represents the calibration object design as scan (a) and produced in polycarbonate (b).
- Fig. 4 represents (a) the calibration object having a container part and a top part; and (b) the positioning of the top part on the container part.
- Fig. 5 represents (a) the top and container part filled with the dental impression material; and (b) an impression of the dentitions in the container part after removal of the top part.
- volume scan means data obtained by a volume imaging technique such as tomographic imaging or destructive scanning. Synonyms used throughout the text are “volumetric image data” or “volumetric image dataset”.
- impression materials impression materials. Impressions are made of anatomical parts such as teeth, face, ears.
- plaster casts plaster casts. Plaster models of various anatomical models are typically produced from impressions.
- prostheses or especially designed materials, such as radiographic guides and wax-ups, need to be digitized.
- volumetric imaging technique such as destructive imaging or tomographic imaging
- surface scanning techniques can be applied.
- a typical tomographic scanning technique uses X-rays.
- scanning with a CT scanner can be used for digitizing the patient's anatomy.
- the CT scanner can be a medical CT scanner, a cone-beam CT scanner (CBCT) or micro CT scanner (pCT).
- CBCT cone-beam CT scanner
- pCT micro CT scanner
- the dento-maxillofacial object reflecting a shape of the body can be positioned on a carrier material that images very differently. When the material properties of these two materials are different, the object reflecting a shape of the body can be clearly seen. When the material is scanned, it shows as if it is floating.
- very radio-lucent carrier material is good, such as a sponge.
- the present invention provides a calibration and segmentation procedure.
- Figure 1 represents a workflow of a method for digitizing an object according to the invention.
- a tomographic scanner (2) is calibrated by performing a scan (4) of a calibration object (3). From this scan one or more segmentation parameters (6) are automatically computed (5).
- Said calibration object (3) is specifically designed (10) for the object to be digitized (1 ) with the calibrated tomographic scanner (7).
- a calibrated segmentation (8) is performed on the scanned material to provide an accurate surface model (9) of said material.
- a calibration object (3) is designed.
- the material for the calibration object has similar material properties for the tomographic imaging method as the target material that needs to be digitized.
- the exact shape information (10), which can be similar to the shape of the real material that needs to be digitized, is known by design.
- the calibration object is scanned (4) in the same way and with the same scanner as the target material is scanned. Based on the volumetric image data from the scan (11 ) and the known shape from the design (10), the parameters that generate the exact shape for a specific segmentation approach (6) are determined (5). With these parameters, the binary decision point where the exact shape of the scanned object is located is determined. In addition to this, an accuracy measure of the resulting segmentation can be computed (12).
- the actual material is scanned with the same scan protocol as the calibration scan (7).
- the segmentation algorithm is applied (8) with the determined parameters (6). In this way the exact shape of the material is obtained (9).
- the calibration scan can easily be redone with a regular frequency in time, or when changes or updates to the CT-scanning equipment, or to the materials used, occur. This method is fast and can be handled by the clinicians and their team themselves.
- segmentation of a surface out of a volumetric image volume is performed by thresholding.
- a threshold value defines the transition between the material and background, and hence the surface of the material.
- Fig. 2 illustrates an algorithm for automatically computing the optimal threshold value or segmentation parameters (5).
- the algorithm requires two input data sets: the calibration object design (10) and the image volume(s) of the calibration object (11 ).
- the algorithm comprises as major steps: aligning the two input data sets (13-14), deriving a measure for comparing the aligned data sets (for example, by building a histogram (15-16)) and finally deriving the value of the segmentation parameter, e.g. the optimal threshold value (17-20).
- the calibration object design (10) and the image volume (11 ) are not aligned an alignment step is required. Aligning is defined as searching a transformation so that the transformed object and the image volume share the same 3D space, and thus coincide. To obtain this alignment different procedures can be used.
- a possible approach is as follows. First, an image volume based on the calibration object design (10) is computed. Next this image volume data is aligned with the image volume data of the calibration object obtained through tomographic imaging (11 ). The outcome of this algorithm is a transformation which is then applied to the calibration object design (10) to obtain an aligned calibration object design (14). The aligned calibration object design (14) coincides with the image volume of the calibration object (11 ) in the same 3D space.
- the alignment can be done by voxel-based registration based on maximization of mutual information ('Multimodality image registration by maximization of mutual information' , Maes et al., IEEE Trans. Medical Imaging, 16(2): 187-198, April 1997).
- a point based alignment method ('Least square fitting of Two 3D Point Sets', Arun et al., IEEE Trans. Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 9(5), Sept. 1987) is used. This point based alignment method first extracts well definable points or features on the calibration object design (10) and in the image volume of the calibration object (11 ). Next the method searches the transformation which aligns the corresponding 3D points of both data sets.
- the algorithm measures the image values in the image volume of the calibration object (11 ) at the surface of the aligned calibration object design (14). All measured image values are stored and a histogram of the stored image values (15) is built. To improve the stability of the algorithm the measure area can be extended towards a small region around the surface of the aligned calibration object design (14). In this way noise in the alignment algorithm or in the scanned data can be partially eliminated.
- the optimal threshold value (19) in other words the segmentation parameter, is derived (17) by using a selection criterion (18) in combination with the generated image values histogram (16).
- Possible selection criteria (18) are: mean image value, most frequent image value, maximum image value, etc. Different selection criteria may result in slightly different threshold values and the optimal selection criterion is dependent on the final application.
- a measure of the to-be- expected overall accuracy (20) of the segmentation can be obtained.
- a surface representation is generated out of the scanned image volume of the calibration object (11 ) using a marching cubes algorithm (Proc. of SIGGRAPH, pp.163-169, 1987) and the derived optimal threshold value.
- a distance map between this surface representation and the calibration object design (10) can be calculated. This distance map or any statistical derived measure from this distance map represents the to-be-expected accuracy of the overall digitization procedure for the material to be digitized given the tomographic imaging method and equipment with the according imaging protocol.
- An alternative method for automatically computing the optimal threshold value comprises the steps of aligning the scanned calibration object and the virtual calibration object design, generating for any threshold value a distance map between the reconstructed surface of the scanned object and the virtual surface of the object design and deriving the optimal threshold value based on the calculated distance maps.
- Example 1 Design of calibration object (10) for acrylic prosthesis
- the material to be digitized (1 ) is an acrylic dental prosthesis
- some specific guidelines can be considered when designing the calibration object (10).
- the volume of the designed object is preferably more or less equal to the volume of a typical dental prosthesis.
- the surface of the object contains sufficient detailed 3D information, i.e. shape variation, so that the accuracy of the algorithm can be guaranteed.
- the properties of the material used for the calibration object should be similar or equal to those of the material to be digitized for the specific tomographic imaging technique.
- the calibration object (10) can be designed as follows.
- the calibration object consists of a typical dental surface virtually mounted on a cylinder with a small height.
- the designed object is produced in polycarbonate which has similar radio- opacity characteristics as the acrylic materials used for producing dental prostheses (Fig. 3).
- An example of such polycarbonate is TECANATTM.
- Example 2 Design of calibration object (10) for a dental impression
- the material to be digitized is a dental impression and the tomographic imaging method is CT scanning
- some specific guidelines can be considered when designing the calibration object (10).
- the calibration object preferably includes sufficient detailed 3D information, i.e. shape variation, so that the accuracy of the algorithm can be guaranteed. To meet these guidelines a calibration object can be produced and a special calibration procedure can be elaborated.
- the designed object (10) consists of two parts: a top part and a container part.
- the top part is a cubic shaped block with at the lower side a structure which resembles the upper dentition.
- the container part consists of two cavities.
- the size of the first cavity (C1 in Fig.4b) is slightly larger than the top part.
- the second cavity (C2 in Fig.4b) is slightly smaller than the top part. Due to the different sizes of the two cavities the top part can be placed on top of the container part in a well known position.
- the lower cavity C1 is filled with the impression material (see Fig.4b).
- the top part is placed on the container and the two parts are pushed into tight contact with each other. After a few minutes when the impression material has hardened, the top part can be removed. The remaining part, i.e. the container part with the impression material, defines the final calibration object which will be scanned to obtain the image volume of the calibration object (11 ).
- the dentition surface at the lower side of the top part serves as the calibration object design (10).
- top, bottom, over, under, and the like are introduced for descriptive purposes and not necessarily to denote relative positions. It is to be understood that the terms so used are interchangeable under appropriate circumstances and embodiments of the invention are capable of operating according to the present invention in other sequences, or in orientations different from the one(s) described or illustrated above.
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