Development and validation of a novel artificial intelligence driven tool for accurate mandibular canal segmentation on CBCT

P Lahoud, S Diels, L Niclaes, S Van Aelst, H Willems… - Journal of dentistry, 2022 - Elsevier
Objectives The objective of this study is the development and validation of a novel artificial
intelligence driven tool for fast and accurate mandibular canal segmentation on cone beam …

Advancements in oral and maxillofacial surgery medical images segmentation techniques: An overview

L Zhang, W Li, J Lv, J Xu, H Zhou, G Li, K Ai - Journal of Dentistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Objectives This article reviews recent advances in computer-aided segmentation methods
for oral and maxillofacial surgery and describes the advantages and limitations of these …

Automated segmentation of the mandibular canal and its anterior loop by deep learning

N Oliveira-Santos, R Jacobs, FF Picoli, P Lahoud… - Scientific reports, 2023 - nature.com
Accurate mandibular canal (MC) detection is crucial to avoid nerve injury during surgical
procedures. Moreover, the anatomic complexity of the interforaminal region requires a …

Magnetic resonance imaging for preoperative diagnosis in third molar surgery: a systematic review

A Al-Haj Husain, B Stadlinger, S Winklhofer, M Piccirelli… - Oral Radiology, 2023 - Springer
In recent years, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has made great strides through various
technical improvements and new sequences, which have made it one of the most promising …

Endodontic microsurgery of posterior teeth with the assistance of dynamic navigation technology: a report of three cases

W Fu, C Chen, Z Bian, L Meng - Journal of Endodontics, 2022 - Elsevier
When nonsurgical endodontic treatment fails, surgical treatment is an alternative approach
for treating periapical disease. However, endodontic microsurgery (EMS), particularly in …

MRI of the inferior alveolar nerve and lingual nerve—anatomical variation and morphometric benchmark values of nerve diameters in healthy subjects

E Burian, FA Probst, D Weidlich, CP Cornelius… - Clinical oral …, 2020 - Springer
Objective Since MRI using dedicated imaging sequences has recently shown promising
results in direct visualization of the inferior alveolar nerve (IAN) and the lingual nerve (LN) …

High resolution MRI for quantitative assessment of inferior alveolar nerve impairment in course of mandible fractures: an imaging feasibility study

E Burian, N Sollmann, LM Ritschl, B Palla, L Maier… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
The purpose of this study was to evaluate a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) protocol for
direct visualization of the inferior alveolar nerve in the setting of mandibular fractures. Fifteen …

Magnetic resonance imaging based computer‐guided dental implant surgery—A clinical pilot study

FA Probst, J Schweiger, MJ Stumbaum… - … implant dentistry and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background Computer‐guided implant surgery is currently based on radiographic
techniques exposing patients to ionizing radiation. Purpose To assess, whether computer …

A CBCT based three-dimensional assessment of mandibular posterior region for evaluating the possibility of bypassing the inferior alveolar nerve while placing dental …

MG Sghaireen, KC Srivastava, D Shrivastava, KK Ganji… - Diagnostics, 2020 - mdpi.com
A high rate of nerve injury and related consequences are seen during implant placement in
the posterior mandibular arch. An approach has been proposed to avoid nerve injury by …

Inferior alveolar canal automatic detection with deep learning CNNs on CBCTs: Development of a novel model and release of open-source dataset and algorithm

M Di Bartolomeo, A Pellacani, F Bolelli, M Cipriano… - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Featured Application Convolutional neural networks can accurately identify the Inferior
Alveolar Canal, rapidly generating precise 3D data. The datasets and source code used in …