OBJECTIVES: To establish age estimation models of northern Chinese Han adults using cranial suture images obtained by CT and multiplanar reformation (MPR), and to explore the applicability of cranial suture closure rule in age estimation of northern ...
Determining the fundamental characteristics that define a face as "feminine" or "masculine" has long fascinated anatomists and plastic surgeons, particularly those involved in aesthetic and gender-affirming surgery. Previous studies in this area have...
This study constructed deep learning models using plain skull radiograph images to predict the accurate postnatal age of infants under 12 months. Utilizing the results of the trained deep learning models, it aimed to evaluate the feasibility of emplo...
This work proposes a functional data analysis approach for morphometrics in classifying three shrew species (S. murinus, C. monticola, and C. malayana) from Peninsular Malaysia. Functional data geometric morphometrics (FDGM) for 2D landmark data is i...
In this paper, we investigate the effectiveness of shape completion neural networks as clinical aids in maxillofacial surgery planning. We present a pipeline to apply shape completion networks to automatically reconstruct complete eumorphic 3D meshes...
Skull stripping is a crucial preprocessing step in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), where experts manually create brain masks. This labor-intensive process heavily relies on the annotator's expertise, as automation faces challenges such as low tissu...
This project aimed to develop an artificial intelligence program tailored for cephalometric images. The program employs a convolutional neural network with 6 convolutional layers and 2 affine layers. It identifies 18 key points on the skull to comput...
PURPOSE: Ultrashort echo time (UTE) MRI can be a radiation-free alternative to CT for craniofacial imaging of pediatric patients. However, unlike CT, bone-specific MR imaging is limited by long scan times, relatively low spatial resolution, and a tim...
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: CT imaging exposes patients to ionizing radiation. MR imaging is radiation free but previously has not been able to produce diagnostic-quality images of bone on a timeline suitable for clinical use. We developed automated moti...