Patent ID: 8711178
Filing Date: 2014-04-29
Classification: A61B,A61C,G06T,G09G,G16H

Abstract:
1. A method for generating an animated morph between a first image and a second image, comprising: displaying in a first pane the first image while simultaneously displaying the second image in a second pane on a computer display screen; reading a first set of cephalometric landmark points associated with the first image; reading a second set of cephalometric landmark points associated with the second image; defining a first set of line segments by defining a line segment between each of the first set of cephalometric landmarks; aligning the first set of line segments with the first image and displaying the aligned first set of line segments with the first image in the first pane; defining a second set of line segments by defining a line segment between each of the second set of cephalometric landmarks such that each line segment of the second set of line segments corresponds to a corresponding line segment of the first set of line segments, and a length of at least one line segment of the second set of line segments is different from a length of the corresponding line segment of the first set of line segments, the second set of line segments generated before a surgery and associated with post-surgery placement of cephalometric landmarks; aligning the second set of line segments with the second image and displaying the aligned second set of line segments with the second image in the second pane while simultaneously displaying the first image and the aligned first set of line segments in the first pane; and generating an animation, by a processor, progressively warping the first image to the second image based at least on the first set of line segments and the second set of line segments, comprising: