Texture Analysis of Temporomandibular Joint Disc Changes Associated with Effusion Using Magnetic Resonance Images

The purpose of this study was to identify changes in the temporomandibular joint disc affected by effusion by using texture analysis of magnetic resonance images (MRIs).

METHODS: A total of 223 images of the TMJ, 42 with joint effusion and 181 without, were analyzed. Three consecutive slices were then exported to MaZda software, in which two oval ROIs (one in the anterior band and another in the intermediate zone of the joint disc) were determined in each slice and eleven texture parameters were calculated by using a gray-level co-occurrence matrix. Spearman's correlation coefficient test was used to assess the correlation between texture variables and to select variables for analysis. The Mann-Whitney test was used to compare the groups.

RESULTS: The significance level was set at 5%, with the results demonstrating that there was no high correlation between the parameter directions. It was possible to observe a trend between the average parameters, in which the group with effusion always had smaller values than the group without effusion, except for the parameter measuring the difference in entropy.

CONCLUSION: The trend towards lower overall values for the texture parameters suggested a different behavior between TMJ discs affected by effusion and those not affected, indicating that there may be intrinsic changes.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

Enthalten in:

Dentistry journal - 12(2024), 3 vom: 21. März

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Girondi, Camila Miorelli [VerfasserIn]
de Castro Lopes, Sérgio Lúcio Pereira [VerfasserIn]
Ogawa, Celso Massahiro [VerfasserIn]
Braz-Silva, Paulo Henrique [VerfasserIn]
Costa, Andre Luiz Ferreira [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Computer-aided diagnosis
Diagnostic imaging
Journal Article
MRI
TMD
TMJ
Texture analysis

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Date Revised 29.03.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/dj12030082

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM370238567