US Patent Number
5454069
Publication Date
9-26-1995
Abstract
Method and apparatus for converting a series of serial section images of an object into a three-dimensional model. The method includes acquiring and storing the series of serial section images, converting, zooming, and interpolating serial section images. The method further includes discriminating the series of serial section images to form a binary image, which is then compressed, and filtered. Further, support data for floating or cantilevered portions of the object and base data are generated, the filtered binary image is translated to produce a plurality of vectors representing pixels of the object, and a three-dimensional model of the object is produced from the plurality of vectors representing pixels of the object, the support data, and the base data.
Assignees
University of Kentucky Research Foundation, Lexington, Ky.
Application Number
297,713
Filing Date
08/30/1994
Recommended Citation
Knapp, Charles F.; Fischer, P. L. Charles; and Duplessis, Samuel V., "Process for Converting Serial Image to the Sterolithography Apparatus (SLA) Slice File with Automatic Base and Support Generation" (1995). Biomedical Engineering Faculty Patents. 4.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/cbme_patents/4
