Jaws separation algorithm for recognition of panoramic dental images.
Privalov M., Szabo Z., Bazko A.,
At present time all modern dental hospitals have X-Ray equipment which is actively used in treatment process. Using this equipment it is possible to acquire intraoral and extraoral images. These images can contain dentition, both jaws, temporomandibular joints, nasal cavity and the portion of the maxillary sinus These visual modalities are being used to detect hidden defects, to find pathological creations at the tip of the tooth root, to help during curing of teeth root channels etc. In this paper described algorithm for upper and lower jaw separation based on morphological operators. Keywords. Panoramic X-Ray dental image, mathematical morphology, top-hat and bottom-hat transform, integration, active contour.
