Patent KR-101379698-B1 (KR)
Title: Apparatus and method for producing a 3 dimensional model and physical property information of human bone
Inventor: LEE SANG HO
IPC: A61B5/103
Filed: 2013-06-25
Granted: 2014-04-04
Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for producing the three-dimensional model and physical property information of a human bone, which is capable of photographing human bones to acquire three-dimensional images, forming parts consisting of each bone in the human bones into components, dividing the human bones into eight groups, and performing an indentation test and a compression test on the human bones such as a spine, femoral bones, hip bones, and cranial bones, thereby producing skeletal physical property information. According to the present invention, a method for producing the three-dimensional model and physical property information of a human bone in a system including a video apparatus, a measurement apparatus, and a production apparatus comprises the steps of: (a) allowing the video apparatus to photograph human bones to acquire three-dimensional images; (b) allowing the production apparatus to divide the human bones into five areas of a head part, a spine part, a rib part, an upper limb part, and a lower limb part to classify into cancellous bones and cortical bones, requesting, to the measurement apparatus, an indentation test and a compression test on actual human bones corresponding to the divided areas; (c) allowing the measurement apparatus to perform the indentation test on cortical bones of a spine, femoral bones, hip bones, and cranial bones and the compression test on cancellous bones of the spine and the femoral bones, among the actual human bones corresponding to the divided five areas; and allowing the production apparatus to match the results of the indentation test and the results of the compression test to corresponding human bone images among the three-dimensional images of the human bones and to store the matching information. [Reference numerals] (AA) Start; (BB) End; (S210) Allow an image acquisition unit to photograph human bones to acquire three-dimensional images; (S220) Allow a DB production unit to divide the human bones into eight groups and store the divided information in a skeleton information DB; (S230) Allow a control unit to classify cancellous bones and cortical bones of five areas. relative to three-dimensional images of human bones, and order a skeleton measurement unit to perform an indentation test and a compression test on actual human bones corresponding to the divided areas; (S240) Allow the skeleton measurement unit to perform the indentation test on cortical bones of a spine, femoral bones, hip bones, and cranial bones and the compression test on cancellous bones of the spine and the femoral bones, among the actual human bones corresponding to the divided five areas; (S250) Allow the control unit to match the results of the indentation test and the results of the compression test to corresponding human bone images among the three-dimensional images of the human bones through the DB production unit and to store the matching information in the skeleton information DB