Convolutional neural network-based automated maxillary alveolar bone segmentation on cone-beam computed tomography images.

Journal: Clinical oral implants research
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Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To develop and assess the performance of a novel artificial intelligence (AI)-driven convolutional neural network (CNN)-based tool for automated three-dimensional (3D) maxillary alveolar bone segmentation on cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) images.

Authors

  • Rocharles Cavalcante Fontenele
    OMFS IMPATH Research Group, Department of Imaging and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Leuven and Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, KU Leuven, Kapucijnenvoer 7, 3000, Leuven, Belgium; Department of Oral Diagnosis, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas, Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
  • Maurício do Nascimento Gerhardt
    OMFS IMPATH Research Group, Department of Imaging and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
  • Fernando Fortes Picoli
    OMFS IMPATH Research Group, Department of Imaging and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Leuven and Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, KU Leuven, Kapucijnenvoer 7, 3000, Leuven, Belgium; School of Dentistry, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia, GO, Brazil.
  • Adriaan Van Gerven
    Relu, R&D, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
  • Stefanos Nomidis
    Relu BV, Kapeldreef 60, BE-3000 Leuven, Belgium.
  • Holger Willems
    Relu, Innovatie-en incubatiecentrum KU Leuven, Leuven, 3000, Belgium.
  • Deborah Queiroz Freitas
    Department of Oral Diagnosis, Division of Oral Radiology, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas, Piracicaba, Brazil.
  • Reinhilde Jacobs
    OMFS IMPATH Research Group, Department of Imaging and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Leuven and Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, KU Leuven, Kapucijnenvoer 7, 3000, Leuven, Belgium; Department of Dental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. Electronic address: reinhilde.jacobs@ki.se.