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Patent US7433810 - Efficient data representation of teeth model - Google Patents
A computer-implemented method for generating a computer model of one or more teeth by receiving a digital data set of meshes representing the teeth; creating a parametric representation of the digital data set; and displaying the computer model of the teeth using the parametric representation. The model...http://www.google.com/patents/US7433810?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7433810 - Efficient data representation of teeth model
Publication number US7433810 B2
Application number US 10/670,162
Also published as US6463344, US6665570, US20030009252, US20040128010, WO2001061613A1
Publication number 10670162, 670162, US 7433810 B2, US 7433810B2, US-B2-7433810, US7433810 B2, US7433810B2
Inventors Elena Pavloskaia, Huafeng Wen
Patent Citations (110), Non-Patent Citations (100), Referenced by (23), Classifications (15), Legal Events (2)
US 7433810 B2
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U.S. Classification 703/6, 29/896.1, 703/1, 703/2, 703/7
International Classification G06F19/00, A61C9/00, G06G7/48
Cooperative Classification B33Y50/00, B33Y80/00, G06F19/3437, A61C9/0046, Y10T29/49567, A61C2007/004