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Dentin-Normalized CBCT Radiomics within a Periapical Lesion Differential Diagnosis System for Differentiating Granulomas and Radicular Cysts.

Journal of endodontics · Lee Y, Chen RQ, Yan H, Mupparapu M, Lure F, Li J, Setzer FC · 2026-08-03

Researchers tested whether using tooth dentin as an internal reference point could improve a computer system's ability to distinguish periapical granulomas from radicular cysts on CBCT scans, finding that dentin-based intensity normalization increased classification accuracy from 0.68 to 0.78.

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