Patent ID: 7084868

Claim:
A computerized method for dental imaging comprising: receiving a plurality of two-dimensional images of a oral cavity; and generating at least one three-dimensional image of the oral cavity from the plurality of two-dimensional images, including: generating shape-from-shading (SFS) data using the plurality of two-dimensional images; generating range data using a distribution arm; and processing the SFS data and the range data to generate the at least one three-dimensional image; wherein processing the SFS data and the range data to generate that at least one three-dimensional image comprises: fusing the range data to the shape-from-shading data, yielding fused data comprising a third plurality of three-dimensional points; registering the fused data, yielding registered data comprising a fourth plurality of three-dimensional points; and triangulating the registered data, yielding the at least one three-dimensional image of the oral cavity.