METHODS AND PRODUCTS FOR ANALYZING GINGIVAL TISSUES

• Main Authors: MCCLANAHAN, STEPHEN FRANCIS, GIBB, ROGER DAVID, DUNAVENT, JOHN MICHAEL, RUBUSH, MICHAEL EUGENE, GERLACH, ROBERT WOODROW
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 21.01.2008
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; DIAGNOSIS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; IDENTIFICATION; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; PHYSICS; SURGERY; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE

A system and method employing image analysis may provide an objective mea sure of the state of gingival tissue health. A region of analysis on an imag e of gingival tissue may be divided into pixels. Each pixel may have an asso ciated color made up of component R, G and B values. A user may obtain an ob jective measurement of oral cavity soft tissue health by determining an obje ctive measurement of the component color values of a gingival tissue image r egion and performing statistical analysis on the color values.