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[EN] Our investigation explored the intricacies of airway evaluation through Cone-Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) and Computed Tomography (CT) images. By employing innovative data augmentation strategies, we expanded our dataset significantly, enabling a more comprehensive analysis of airway charact...

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Autores: Uppalapati, Vamsi Krishna, Rao, G. Srinivasa, Addepalli, Lavanya, Bhavsingh, M., Sagar, SD. Vidya, Lloret, Jaime|||0000-0002-0862-0533
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/229663
Acceso en línea:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/229663
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Airway assessment
CBCT images
CT images
Data augmentation
Mallampati classification
Recurrent neural network
K-means clustering
Machine learning
Image preprocessing
Airway evaluation
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Sumario:[EN] Our investigation explored the intricacies of airway evaluation through Cone-Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) and Computed Tomography (CT) images. By employing innovative data augmentation strategies, we expanded our dataset significantly, enabling a more comprehensive analysis of airway characteristics. The utility of these techniques was evident in their ability to yield a diverse array of synthetic images, each representing different airway scenarios with high fidelity. A notable outcome of our study was the effective categorization of the initial image as "Class II" under the Mallampati Classification system. The augmented images further enhanced our understanding by exhibiting a spectrum of airway parameters. Moreover, our approach included training a Recurrent Neural Network (RNN) model on a dataset of CT images. This model, fortified with pseudo-labels created via K-means clustering, showcased its proficiency by accurately predicting airway assessment categories in various test scenarios. These results underscore the model's potential as a tool for swift and precise airway evaluation in clinical settings, marking a significant advancement in medical imaging technologies.