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Design of hearing aid shells by 3D laser scanning and mesh reconstruction. (Articolo in rivista)

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Prodotto della ricerca (Classe)
Articolo in rivista (Classe)

Label

Design of hearing aid shells by 3D laser scanning and mesh reconstruction. (Articolo in rivista) (literal)

Anno

2004-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 (literal)

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10.1117/1.1756595 (literal)

Alternative label

Tognola G; Parazzini M; Svelto C; Galli M; Ravazzani P; Grandori F (2004)
Design of hearing aid shells by 3D laser scanning and mesh reconstruction.
in Journal of biomedical optics
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Tognola G; Parazzini M; Svelto C; Galli M; Ravazzani P; Grandori F (literal)

Pagina inizio

835 (literal)

Pagina fine

843 (literal)

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9 (literal)

Rivista

Journal of biomedical optics (Rivista)

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Scopu (literal)
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Tognola G, Parazzini M, , Ravazzani P, Grandori F: Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Istituto di Ingegneria Biomedica, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, 32 I-20133 Milan Svelto C: Politecnico di Milano Dipartimento de Elettronica e Informazione, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, 32 I-20133 Milan Parazzini M, Galli M: Politecnico di Milano Dipartimento di Bioingegneria Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, 32 I-20133 Milano (literal)

Titolo

Design of hearing aid shells by 3D laser scanning and mesh reconstruction. (literal)

Abstract

Hearing aid shells (or earmolds) must couple the hearing aid with the user's ear. Earmolds have to fit the subject's outer ear canal properly to ensure a good performance of the aid. Because of the great variability in the anatomical pattern of the ear, earmolds are custom made. At present, an impression of the subject's ear canal is taken and used to fabricate the silicon-made mold. The postimpression activities that typically are performed during the fabrication process modify the physical dimensions of the resulting earmold and thus affect the fit of the product. A novel system for 3-D laser scanning and mesh reconstruction of the surface of ear canal impressions is presented. The reconstructed impression can be digitally stored and passed directly to dedicated CAD 3-D printing machines to model the silicon earmold and thus achieve the best possible fit. The proposed system is based on a couple of cameras and a commercial laser for the surface digitization and on a straightforward algorithm, based on the deformation of a geometric model, for the reconstruction of the acquired surface. Measurements on objects of well-known geometric features and dimensions are performed to assess the accuracy and repeatability levels of this 3-D acquisition system. Robustness to noise of the proposed reconstruction algorithm is determined by simulations with a synthetic test surface. Finally, the first measurements (acquisition+reconstruction) of closed surfaces from ear canal impressions are reported. (literal)

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