Geometric-Guided Few-Shot Dental Landmark Detection with Human-Centric Foundation Model

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Autores principales: Wang, Anbang, Elbatel, Marawan, Liu, Keyuan, Lin, Lizhuo, Lan, Meng, Yang, Yanqi, Li, Xiaomeng
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author Wang, Anbang
Elbatel, Marawan
Liu, Keyuan
Lin, Lizhuo
Lan, Meng
Yang, Yanqi
Li, Xiaomeng
author_facet Wang, Anbang
Elbatel, Marawan
Liu, Keyuan
Lin, Lizhuo
Lan, Meng
Yang, Yanqi
Li, Xiaomeng
contents Accurate detection of anatomic landmarks is essential for assessing alveolar bone and root conditions, thereby optimizing clinical outcomes in orthodontics, periodontics, and implant dentistry. Manual annotation of landmarks on cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) by dentists is time-consuming, labor-intensive, and subject to inter-observer variability. Deep learning-based automated methods present a promising approach to streamline this process efficiently. However, the scarcity of training data and the high cost of expert annotations hinder the adoption of conventional deep learning techniques. To overcome these challenges, we introduce GeoSapiens, a novel few-shot learning framework designed for robust dental landmark detection using limited annotated CBCT of anterior teeth. Our GeoSapiens framework comprises two key components: (1) a robust baseline adapted from Sapiens, a foundational model that has achieved state-of-the-art performance in human-centric vision tasks, and (2) a novel geometric loss function that improves the model's capacity to capture critical geometric relationships among anatomical structures. Experiments conducted on our collected dataset of anterior teeth landmarks revealed that GeoSapiens surpassed existing landmark detection methods, outperforming the leading approach by an 8.18% higher success detection rate at a strict 0.5 mm threshold-a standard widely recognized in dental diagnostics. Code is available at: https://github.com/xmed-lab/GeoSapiens.
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spellingShingle Geometric-Guided Few-Shot Dental Landmark Detection with Human-Centric Foundation Model
Wang, Anbang
Elbatel, Marawan
Liu, Keyuan
Lin, Lizhuo
Lan, Meng
Yang, Yanqi
Li, Xiaomeng
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Accurate detection of anatomic landmarks is essential for assessing alveolar bone and root conditions, thereby optimizing clinical outcomes in orthodontics, periodontics, and implant dentistry. Manual annotation of landmarks on cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) by dentists is time-consuming, labor-intensive, and subject to inter-observer variability. Deep learning-based automated methods present a promising approach to streamline this process efficiently. However, the scarcity of training data and the high cost of expert annotations hinder the adoption of conventional deep learning techniques. To overcome these challenges, we introduce GeoSapiens, a novel few-shot learning framework designed for robust dental landmark detection using limited annotated CBCT of anterior teeth. Our GeoSapiens framework comprises two key components: (1) a robust baseline adapted from Sapiens, a foundational model that has achieved state-of-the-art performance in human-centric vision tasks, and (2) a novel geometric loss function that improves the model's capacity to capture critical geometric relationships among anatomical structures. Experiments conducted on our collected dataset of anterior teeth landmarks revealed that GeoSapiens surpassed existing landmark detection methods, outperforming the leading approach by an 8.18% higher success detection rate at a strict 0.5 mm threshold-a standard widely recognized in dental diagnostics. Code is available at: https://github.com/xmed-lab/GeoSapiens.
title Geometric-Guided Few-Shot Dental Landmark Detection with Human-Centric Foundation Model
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.04710