Department of Imaging & Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, KU Leuven & Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Department of Oral Health & Medicine, University Center for Dental Medicine Basel UZB, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Dentomaxillofac Radiol. 2021 Oct 1;50(7):20210268. doi: 10.1259/dmfr.20210268. Epub 2021 Sep 14.
The digital workflow process follows different steps for all dental specialties. However, the main ingredient for the diagnosis, treatment planning and follow-up workflow recipes is the imaging chain. The steps in the imaging chain usually include all or at least some of the following modalities: cone-beam computed tomographic data acquisition, segmentation of the cone-beam computed tomography image, intraoral scanning, facial three-dimensional soft tissue capture and superimposition of all the images for the creation of a virtual augmented model. As a relevant clinical problem, the accumulation of error at each step of the chain might negatively influence the final outcome. For an efficient digital workflow, it is important to be aware of the existing challenges within the imaging chain. Furthermore, artificial intelligence-based strategies need to be integrated in the future to make the workflow more simplified, accurate and efficient.
数字化工作流程适用于所有牙科专业，但诊断、治疗计划和随访工作流程的主要内容是成像链。成像链的步骤通常包括以下全部或部分模式：锥形束 CT 数据采集、锥形束 CT 图像分割、口内扫描、面部三维软组织捕获以及所有图像的叠加，以创建虚拟增强模型。作为一个相关的临床问题，链中每个步骤的累积误差可能会对最终结果产生负面影响。为了实现高效的数字化工作流程，了解成像链中存在的挑战非常重要。此外，未来还需要整合基于人工智能的策略，以使工作流程更加简化、准确和高效。
