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Area of Science:

  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Medical Imaging

Background:

  • The masseter muscle is crucial for mastication.
  • Accurate modeling of the masseter is essential for clinical applications.
  • Current methods for masseter extraction from MR data can be improved.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To localize shape-determinative slices of the masseter muscle from MR data.
  • To facilitate the development of more accurate masseter models.
  • To enable precise computerized extraction of the masseter.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized shape-based criteria to identify candidate slices from training data.
  • Employed centroid tracking and orientation change detection for localization.
  • Applied fuzzy-c-means (FCM) clustering to establish determinative slices.
  • Used a hybrid shape-based interpolation method for masseter model building.

Main Results:

  • Achieved a mean overlap index (¿) of 87.7% for masseter model building.
  • Demonstrated good agreement between computerized and manual masseter extraction (mean ¿ = 8.9%).

Conclusions:

  • The developed method accurately localizes shape-determinative masseter slices.
  • This localization significantly improves masseter model accuracy and computerized extraction.
  • The findings support enhanced clinical applications and research in mastication.