Extraction of human mandible bones from multi-slice computed tomographic data

A new approach for segmenting different anatomical regions in dental Computed Tomography (CT) studies is presented in this paper. It is expected that the proposed approach will help automate different tissues regions by providing initial boundary points for deformable models or seed points for split and merge segmentation algorithms. Preliminary results obtained for dental CT studies of dentate and edentulous human-mandible are presented with finite element models divided by tetrahedral elements, which built based on actual CT data combined with triangulation equations. Identification of different anatomical regions set for mandible cortical and cancellous bones by generated 3D models by marching cubes technique.