Coordinate Systems Integration for Craniofacial Database from Multimodal Devices

Suwardhi, Deni ( 1Department of Geodesy and Geomatic Engineering, Faculty of Civil & Engineering, Institute of Technology Bandung, Indonesia 2Department of Geomatic Engineering, Faculty of Geoinformation Science & Engineering, UTM Skudai, Malaysia.)
Setan, Halim ( 2Department of Geomatic Engineering, Faculty of Geoinformation Science & Engineering, UTM Skudai, Malaysia.)
Chong, Albert K. ( 3School of Surveying, University of Otago. Dunedin, New Zealand.)
Rajion, Zainul ( 4School of Dental Sciences, University Sains Malaysia.)

Journal of Engineering and Technological Sciences
Vol 37, No 1 (2005)

This study presents a data registration method for craniofacial spatial data of different modalities. The data consists of three dimensional (3D) vector and raster data models. The data is stored in object relational database. The data capture devices are Laser scanner, CT (Computed Tomography) scan and CR (Close Range) Photogrammetry. The objective of the registration is to transform the data from various coordinate systems into a single 3-D Cartesian coordinate system. The standard error of the registration obtained from multimodal imaging devices using 3D affine transformation is in the ranged of 1-2 mm. This study is a step forward for storing the craniofacial spatial data in one reference system in database.