| 摘要 |
A three-dimensional digitizing system and method preferably to be useable for the manufacture of a precisely configured clinical support device such as an orthotic brace and/or a prosthetic limb. The digitizing system includes at least one probe which is to be passed over a portion of a three-dimensional body to be digitized, the probe including an exterior housing of known dimensions and being structured to have a position element disposed therein. The position element is structured to provide specific six-degree of freedom position and orientation information relative to a reference element which is also included in the digitizing system. As such, the specific position and orientation of the probe relative to the reference element is determined and any volume relative to the reference element through which any portion of the probe is passed is determined and stored by the digitizing system so as to determine an exact shape of the three-dimensional body from the identification of all volumes through which the probe has not passed due to the physical presence of the body being mapped.
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