Oral and maxillofacial diagnostic imaging is of paramount importance in dental clinical diagnosis,treatment planning,and follow-up procedures.Periapical ra-diographic examination and numerous panoramic systems are use...Oral and maxillofacial diagnostic imaging is of paramount importance in dental clinical diagnosis,treatment planning,and follow-up procedures.Periapical ra-diographic examination and numerous panoramic systems are used in routine clinical dental practice.Cone beam CT is widely used and currently the method of choice in oral and maxillofacial implantology,endodontics,maxillofacial surgery,periodontics,degenerative temporomandibular joint disease,orthodontics,airway studies,sleep disorders,and forensic dentistry.Another innovative laboratory re-search tool that offers three-dimensional(3D)detailed high-resolution images of in vitro teeth and neighboring structures with submicrometric accuracy is micro-computed tomography.Ultra-high radiation doses,long scanning times,and high costs preclude its routine clinical use.In response to the high demand for a te-chnique that could provide real-time images using a cost-effective,rapid,user-friendly,and portable technique without ionizing radiation,some authors pro-posed ultrasound imaging methods as an alternative to X-ray imaging techniques.Ultrasonography can be used in the dentomaxillofacial region for various diagno-stic purposes such as salivary gland and superficial tissue examination.Recently,dedicated dental magnetic resonance imaging with appropriate software,hard-ware,sequences,and field of view tailored to fit dentomaxillofacial anatomy was introduced.Lately,3D printing technologies and their application in dentistry has attracted attention.During 3D printing a given material is added in successive layers to create a 3D object.The application of this technology has the potential to decrease operation time and minimize operator bias and the possibility of proce-dural errors.Another hot topic regarding dentomaxillofacial radiology is artificial intelligence,which is a field related to computer science dedicated to developing systems or machines that can perform tasks traditionally associated with human intelligence.It is obvious that further investigation and research in the field of dentomaxillofacial radiology will make great contributions to diagnostic imaging for various dental specialties.展开更多
Artificial intelligence(AI)has the potential to revolutionize healthcare and dentistry.Recently,there has been much interest in the development of AI applications.Dentomaxillofacial radiology(DMFR)is within the scope ...Artificial intelligence(AI)has the potential to revolutionize healthcare and dentistry.Recently,there has been much interest in the development of AI applications.Dentomaxillofacial radiology(DMFR)is within the scope of these applications due to its compatibility with image processing methods.Classification and segmentation of teeth,automatic marking of anatomical structures and cephalometric analysis,determination of early dental diseases,gingival,periodontal diseases and evaluation of risk groups,diagnosis of certain diseases,such as;osteoporosis that can be detected in jaw radiographs are among studies conducted by using radiological images.Further research in the field of AI will make great contributions to DMFR.We aim to discuss most recent AI-based studies in the field of DMFR.展开更多
文摘Oral and maxillofacial diagnostic imaging is of paramount importance in dental clinical diagnosis,treatment planning,and follow-up procedures.Periapical ra-diographic examination and numerous panoramic systems are used in routine clinical dental practice.Cone beam CT is widely used and currently the method of choice in oral and maxillofacial implantology,endodontics,maxillofacial surgery,periodontics,degenerative temporomandibular joint disease,orthodontics,airway studies,sleep disorders,and forensic dentistry.Another innovative laboratory re-search tool that offers three-dimensional(3D)detailed high-resolution images of in vitro teeth and neighboring structures with submicrometric accuracy is micro-computed tomography.Ultra-high radiation doses,long scanning times,and high costs preclude its routine clinical use.In response to the high demand for a te-chnique that could provide real-time images using a cost-effective,rapid,user-friendly,and portable technique without ionizing radiation,some authors pro-posed ultrasound imaging methods as an alternative to X-ray imaging techniques.Ultrasonography can be used in the dentomaxillofacial region for various diagno-stic purposes such as salivary gland and superficial tissue examination.Recently,dedicated dental magnetic resonance imaging with appropriate software,hard-ware,sequences,and field of view tailored to fit dentomaxillofacial anatomy was introduced.Lately,3D printing technologies and their application in dentistry has attracted attention.During 3D printing a given material is added in successive layers to create a 3D object.The application of this technology has the potential to decrease operation time and minimize operator bias and the possibility of proce-dural errors.Another hot topic regarding dentomaxillofacial radiology is artificial intelligence,which is a field related to computer science dedicated to developing systems or machines that can perform tasks traditionally associated with human intelligence.It is obvious that further investigation and research in the field of dentomaxillofacial radiology will make great contributions to diagnostic imaging for various dental specialties.
文摘Artificial intelligence(AI)has the potential to revolutionize healthcare and dentistry.Recently,there has been much interest in the development of AI applications.Dentomaxillofacial radiology(DMFR)is within the scope of these applications due to its compatibility with image processing methods.Classification and segmentation of teeth,automatic marking of anatomical structures and cephalometric analysis,determination of early dental diseases,gingival,periodontal diseases and evaluation of risk groups,diagnosis of certain diseases,such as;osteoporosis that can be detected in jaw radiographs are among studies conducted by using radiological images.Further research in the field of AI will make great contributions to DMFR.We aim to discuss most recent AI-based studies in the field of DMFR.
