Transfer learning in diagnosis of maxillary sinusitis using panoramic radiography and conventional radiography.

Objectives: To clarify the performance of transfer learning with a small number of Waters' images at institution B in diagnosing maxillary sinusitis, based on a source model trained with a large number of panoramic radiographs at institution A.

Methods: The source model was created by a 200-epoch training process with 800 training and 60 validation datasets of panoramic radiographs at institution A using VGG-16. One hundred and eighty Waters' and 180 panoramic image patches with or without maxillary sinusitis at institution B were enrolled in this study, and were arbitrarily assigned to 120 training, 20 validation, and 40 test datasets, respectively.

SAPHO syndrome of the temporomandibular joint associated with trismus: a case report and review of the literature.

Synovitis, acne, pustulosis, hyperostosis, and osteitis (SAPHO) syndrome is a disorder characterized by pustular skin lesions and osteoarticular lesions. Mandibular involvement occurs in approximately 10% of the cases, and is often seen as recurrent mandibular osteitis with bone sclerosis, mainly involving the body of the mandible in the head and neck region. Middle cranial base with temporomandibular joint (TMJ) involvement in SAPHO syndrome can be diagnostically challenging because of its rarity.

Diagnostic usefulness of panoramic imaging of the pterygopalatine fossa: case of a schwannoma causing pterygopalatine fossa expansion.

The pterygopalatine fossa is a small area between the posterior wall of the maxillary sinus and the anterior surface of the pterygoid process of the sphenoid bone. The pterygopalatine fossa can be seen clearly on panoramic imaging. We present the case of a 57-year-old man who exhibited right pterygopalatine fossa expansion on panoramic imaging.