Patent ID: 7471973

Claim:
A method for determining a surface geometry of an object, the method comprising: determining a first projection matrix based on a first imaging device, determining a second projection matrix based on a second imaging device, obtaining at least one first two-dimensional (2D) image of the object using the first imaging device, obtaining at least one second 2D image of the object using the second imaging device, determining at least two contours, the at least two contours comprising a contour of the object in the first 2D image and a contour of the object in the second 2D image, based on the at least two contours, the first projection matrix, and the second projection matrix, reconstructing 3D data associated with the surface of the object; registering the surface of the object with a second object surface; and employing a boundary element method to determine the geometry between the surface of the object and the second object surface.