Patent ID: 9681238
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: A61B,G06T,G16H,H04R

Claim:
1. A method performed by at least one computing device, the method comprising: extracting measurements of at least one auditory canal from at least one computerized imaging scan of the at least one auditory canal devoid of physical measurement aids; partitioning the at least one computerized imaging scan into a plurality of image segments; locating common elements of the auditory canal shown in the plurality of image segments; mapping the plurality of image segments to a 3D co-ordinate system based at least partly on the located common elements; rendering the mapping plurality of image segments as at least one 3D image; determining acceptability for at least one auditory canal device at least partly by comparing the measurements of the at least one auditory canal with predetermined measurements of the at least one auditory canal device; and providing an indication of the acceptability determination contemporaneously with the measurement extracting, wherein the at least one computerized imaging scan is produced by at least one computed tomography (“CT”) scanner scanning the at least one auditory canal, with the indication of the acceptability determination being provided contemporaneously with the scanning.