Abstract: The present invention proposes a technique for selectively recovering features of an original surface (e.g. boundary) representation after the original surface representation has been converted to a digitised image, digitally altered, and a new surface representation generated from the digitally altered digitised image. In particular, this technique involves tracking the portions of the digitised image that are digitally altered and/or not digitally altered, and selectively recovering only the portions of the original surface representation that have not been digitally altered. In this way, the original surface representation can be effectively used as a template to recover accuracy and reintroduce detailed features that would otherwise be lost when converting into image space, but any alterations or manipulations intentionally introduced in the image space are maintained.

Abstract: Creation and/or use of an inference model that maps between a three-dimensional image data of an intra-oral tissue structure, e.g. shape and size of teeth roots, and a three-dimensional representation of an exposed surface of dental features of the intra-oral tissue structure, e.g. teeth crowns. One method disclosed for image processing, using an inference model, includes a computer-readable surface representation of an individual's intra-oral tissue to provide a full three-dimensional representation of the intra-oral tissue. Also proposed is a method for creating the inference model.

Abstract: The invention relates to the creation and/or use of an inference model that maps between a three-dimensional image data of an intra-oral tissue structure, e.g. shape and size of teeth roots, and a three-dimensional representation of an exposed surface of dental features of the intra-oral tissue structure, e.g. teeth crowns. In particular, the present invention proposes a method for image processing, using an inference model, a computer-readable surface representation of an individual's intra-oral tissue to provide a full three-dimensional representation of the intra-oral tissue. The present invention also proposes a method for creating the inference model.

Abstract: The invention relates to the creation and/or use of an inference model that maps between a three-dimensional image data of an intra-oral tissue structure, e.g. shape and size of teeth roots, and a three-dimensional representation of an exposed surface of dental features of the intra-oral tissue structure, e.g. teeth crowns. In particular, the present invention proposes a method for image processing, using an inference model, a computer-readable surface representation of an individual's intra-oral tissue to provide a full three-dimensional representation of the intra-oral tissue. The present invention also proposes a method for creating the inference model.

Abstract: The present invention proposes a technique for selectively recovering features of an original surface (e.g. boundary) representation after the original surface representation has been converted to a digitised image, digitally altered, and a new surface representation generated from the digitally altered digitised image. In particular, this technique involves tracking the portions of the digitised image that are digitally altered and/or not digitally altered, and selectively recovering only the portions of the original surface representation that have not been digitally altered. In this way, the original surface representation can be effectively used as a template to recover accuracy and reintroduce detailed features that would otherwise be lost when converting into image space, but any alterations or manipulations intentionally introduced in the image space are maintained.