(57) ABSTRACT A method identifying apertures of ear impressions is dis closed. A plurality
of contour lines associated with an ear impression are determined and a difference value …

A method for registering two three-dimensional shapes is disclosed whereby the two shapes
are represented as zero level set of signed distance functions and the energy between these …

(57) ABSTRACT A method for rigid registration of ear impression models, including:
extracting a canal region from an undetailed ear impression model, the undetailed ear …

A method of designing hearing aid molds is disclosed whereby skeletons, or simplified
models, of two ear impressions are used to register the graphical representations of the …

US8065118B2 - Method for anatomically aware automatic faceplate placement for hearing
instrument design - Google Patents US8065118B2 - Method for anatomically aware automatic …

3D shape modeling is a crucial component of rapid prototyping systems that customize
shapes of implants and prosthetic devices to a patient's anatomy. In this paper, we present a …

A method of designing hearing aid molds is disclosed whereby two shapes corresponding to
graphical images of ear impressions are registered with each other to facilitate joint …

We present a shape optimization approach to compute patient-specific models in
customized prototyping applications. We design a coupled shape prior to model the …

Automation can provide significant performance improvements in digital manufacturing
systems that customize shapes of implants and prosthetic devices to the anatomy of a …

We propose a method for the deformable registration of organic surfaces. Meaningful
correspondences between a source surface and a target surface are established by means …