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Area of Science:

  • Medical Imaging
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Surgical Planning

Background:

  • Manual skull segmentation in cranio-maxillofacial (CMF) surgery planning is time-consuming and prone to errors.
  • Computed tomography (CT) offers superior bone contrast but involves ionizing radiation, a concern for pediatric patients.
  • Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) avoids radiation but has limitations in bone detail for segmentation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate an AI-based workflow for accurate skull segmentation directly from routine MRI.
  • To enable precise CMF surgical planning using MRI, reducing reliance on CT and its associated radiation exposure.
  • To improve the efficiency and accuracy of skull segmentation for patient-specific treatment planning.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized 186 paired CT-MRI datasets for training deep learning models.
  • Transferred CT-based segmentations to MRI via multimodal registration.
  • Evaluated AI performance against manual CT ground truth using Dice Similarity Coefficient (DSC), Mean Surface Distance (MSD), and Hausdorff Distance (HD).

Main Results:

  • AI achieved high performance on CT (DSC 0.981) and improved segmentation quality on MRI (DSC 0.864) compared to manual methods.
  • While CT showed higher absolute accuracy, the AI approach significantly enhanced MRI segmentation, particularly in critical surgical regions.
  • The automated workflow demonstrated substantial improvement over manual MRI segmentation, reducing workload and enhancing clinical relevance.

Conclusions:

  • The AI-driven workflow enables accurate skull modeling from standard MRI without radiation, enhancing its utility in CMF surgical planning.
  • This automated method reduces manual segmentation workload and supports safer, patient-specific treatments, especially for pediatric and trauma cases.
  • While CT remains the gold standard for precision, this AI framework makes MRI a more viable and safer alternative for skull segmentation in surgical planning.