Method and system for virtual surgery
First Claim
1. A method of performing a virtual surgery on a patient to predict the result of a plastic surgery that may be performed on a patient, comprising the steps of:
- taking pictures of the patient'"'"'s hard and soft tissue;
preparing preprocessing data necessary for a virtual surgery;
performing a virtual surgery by manipulating the patient'"'"'s hard tissue making changes in the hard tissue; and
synthesizing the result of the virtual surgery by deriving changes in the patient'"'"'s soft tissue according to the changes in the hard tissue.
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Abstract
A method and system is presented that can predict the result of a plastic surgery on a patient. The method includes the steps of taking pictures of a patient'"'"'s hard and soft tissue, preparing a personalized 3-D model of the patient by overlaying the hard and soft tissue pictures and extracting outlines and feature points based on a standard 3-D model of a representative person, performing a virtual surgery by a doctor by manipulating the patient'"'"'s hard tissue, and synthesizing the result of the virtual surgery by deriving changes in the patient'"'"'s soft tissue according to the changes in the hard tissue.
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22 Claims
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1. A method of performing a virtual surgery on a patient to predict the result of a plastic surgery that may be performed on a patient, comprising the steps of:
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taking pictures of the patient'"'"'s hard and soft tissue;
preparing preprocessing data necessary for a virtual surgery;
performing a virtual surgery by manipulating the patient'"'"'s hard tissue making changes in the hard tissue; and
synthesizing the result of the virtual surgery by deriving changes in the patient'"'"'s soft tissue according to the changes in the hard tissue. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for performing a virtual surgery on a patient to predict the result of a plastic surgery that may be performed on a patient, comprising:
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an image acquisition system for taking pictures of the patient'"'"'s hard and soft tissue;
an image processing system for preparing preprocessing data necessary for a virtual surgery;
an image manipulation system for performing a virtual surgery by manipulating the patient'"'"'s hard tissue making changes in the hard tissue; and
an image display system for synthesizing the result of the virtual surgery by deriving changes in the patient'"'"'s soft tissue according to the changes in hard tissue. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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18. A method of performing a virtual surgery on a patient to predict the result of a plastic surgery that may be performed by a doctor on a patient using the service of a virtual surgery center connected to the doctor through a network, comprising the steps of:
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taking pictures of the patient'"'"'s hard and soft tissue;
preparing, at the virtual surgery center, preprocessing data necessary for a virtual surgery;
performing a virtual surgery by manipulating the patient'"'"'s hard tissue making changes in the hard tissue; and
synthesizing the result of the virtual surgery by deriving changes in the patient'"'"'s soft tissue according to the changes in hard tissue.
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