Evaluating the Suitability of Different Intraoral Scan Resolutions for Deep Learning-Based Tooth Segmentation
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| author | Weekley, Daron Duckworth, Jace Sukhanova, Anastasiia Jana, Ananya |
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| contents | Intraoral scans are widely used in digital dentistry for tasks such as dental restoration, treatment planning, and orthodontic procedures. These scans contain detailed topological information, but manual annotation of these scans remains a time-consuming task. Deep learning-based methods have been developed to automate tasks such as tooth segmentation. A typical intraoral scan contains over 200,000 mesh cells, making direct processing computationally expensive. Models are often trained on downsampled versions, typically with 10,000 or 16,000 cells. Previous studies suggest that downsampling may degrade segmentation accuracy, but the extent of this degradation remains unclear. Understanding the extent of degradation is crucial for deploying ML models on edge devices. This study evaluates the extent of performance degradation with decreasing resolution. We train a deep learning model (PointMLP) on intraoral scans decimated to 16K, 10K, 8K, 6K, 4K, and 2K mesh cells. Models trained at lower resolutions are tested on high-resolution scans to assess performance. Our goal is to identify a resolution that balances computational efficiency and segmentation accuracy. |
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| spellingShingle | Evaluating the Suitability of Different Intraoral Scan Resolutions for Deep Learning-Based Tooth Segmentation Weekley, Daron Duckworth, Jace Sukhanova, Anastasiia Jana, Ananya Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Intraoral scans are widely used in digital dentistry for tasks such as dental restoration, treatment planning, and orthodontic procedures. These scans contain detailed topological information, but manual annotation of these scans remains a time-consuming task. Deep learning-based methods have been developed to automate tasks such as tooth segmentation. A typical intraoral scan contains over 200,000 mesh cells, making direct processing computationally expensive. Models are often trained on downsampled versions, typically with 10,000 or 16,000 cells. Previous studies suggest that downsampling may degrade segmentation accuracy, but the extent of this degradation remains unclear. Understanding the extent of degradation is crucial for deploying ML models on edge devices. This study evaluates the extent of performance degradation with decreasing resolution. We train a deep learning model (PointMLP) on intraoral scans decimated to 16K, 10K, 8K, 6K, 4K, and 2K mesh cells. Models trained at lower resolutions are tested on high-resolution scans to assess performance. Our goal is to identify a resolution that balances computational efficiency and segmentation accuracy. |
| title | Evaluating the Suitability of Different Intraoral Scan Resolutions for Deep Learning-Based Tooth Segmentation |
| topic | Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.19515 |