Artificial intelligence as an aid in CBCT airway analysis: a systematic review

IA Tsolakis, OE Kolokitha, E Papadopoulou, AI Tsolakis… - Life, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background: The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in health sciences is becoming
increasingly popular among doctors nowadays. This study evaluated the literature regarding …

Reliability of upper pharyngeal airway assessment using dental CBCT: a systematic review

JN Zimmerman, J Lee, BT Pliska - European journal of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Background Upper airway analysis is an often-cited use of cone beam computed
tomography (CBCT) imaging in orthodontics. However, the reliability of this process in a …

Automatic segmentation of the pharyngeal airway space with convolutional neural network

S Shujaat, O Jazil, H Willems, A Van Gerven… - Journal of Dentistry, 2021 - Elsevier
Objectives This study proposed and investigated the performance of a deep learning based
three-dimensional (3D) convolutional neural network (CNN) model for automatic …

Three-dimensional cone beam computed tomography definition of the anatomical subregions of the upper airway: a validation study

R Guijarro-Martínez, GRJ Swennen - International journal of oral and …, 2013 - Elsevier
The exact boundaries of the upper airway subregions remain undefined. Consequently,
anatomical limits vary greatly among different research groups and impede unbiased …

Gender assessment through three-dimensional analysis of maxillary sinuses by means of cone beam computed tomography

M Saccucci, F Cipriani, S Carderi… - European review for …, 2015 - iris.uniroma1.it
OBJECTIVE: The availability of a low dose radiation technology such as Cone Beam
Computed Tomography (CBCT) in dental practice has increased the number of scans …

Reliability of upper airway assessment using CBCT

JN Zimmerman, SR Vora… - European journal of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Background Upper airway analysis is an often-cited use of CBCT imaging by orthodontists;
however, the reliability of airway measurements using this technology is not fully …

Prediction of 3-dimensional pharyngeal airway changes after orthognathic surgery: a preliminary study

DP Brunetto, L Velasco, L Koerich… - American Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Introduction Recent studies have shown some contradictory results when evaluating the
consequences of orthodontic-surgical treatments on the pharyngeal airway. Therefore, the …

Three-dimensional analysis of the pharyngeal airway space and hyoid bone position after orthognathic surgery

AL Yamashita, L Iwaki Filho, PCC Leite… - Journal of Cranio …, 2017 - Elsevier
Purpose The aim of this study was to evaluate changes in the pharyngeal airway space
(PAS) and hyoid bone position after orthognathic surgery with cone-beam computed …

Cone-beam computed tomography airway measurements: Can we trust them?

DPO Ryan, J Bianchi, J Ignácio, LM Wolford… - American Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Introduction Pharyngeal airway space (PAS) assessment has been used in the past for a
better understanding of orthodontic and surgical outcomes; however, this analysis could be …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of the application of software on the volumetric and cross-sectional assessment of the oropharyngeal airway of patients with and without an open bite: A …

PA Vidal-Manyari, LE Arriola-Guillén… - Dental and Medical …, 2022 - dmp.umw.edu.pl
Background. Using different software to evaluate the airways, with different thresholds, but
within the range for airway recognition, could yield different measurements in the same …