https://ojs.ict.unesp.br/index.php/cob <p>&lt;!--Página Inicial - criada fora do painel, via FTP --- templates/frontend/pages/indexJournal.tpl--&gt;</p> <p style="color: #22bae9;"><strong><img style="max-width: 95%; margin-top: 18px;" src="https://ojs2.ict.unesp.br/public/site/images/andre/shadow-small.jpg" alt="" /></strong></p> <div style="float: left;"> </div> <p style="text-align: center;"> </p> Institute of Science and Technology of São José dos Campos en-US Brazilian Dental Science 2178-6011 <p align="center"><strong>COPYRIGHT TRANSFER AND RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT <br /> (<a style="font-size: 10px;" href="/COPYRIGHT.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a> | <a style="font-size: 10px;" href="/COPYRIGHT.docx" target="_blank">Word</a>)</strong></p><p>All manuscript's copyright ownership of the article "____________________________________________________________________" is transferred from the author(s) to the BRAZILIAN DENTAL SCIENCE, in the event the work is published. The manuscript has not been published elsewhere and that it has not been submitted simultaneously for publication elsewhere.</p><p>We hereby attest the study is original and does not present manipulated data, fraud or plagiarism. We made significant scientific contribution to the study and we are aware of the presented data and in agreement with the final version of the manuscript. We assume complete responsibility for the ethical aspects of the study.</p><p> </p><p><strong>This text must be printed and signed by all authors. The scanned version should be submitted as supplemental file during the submission process.</strong></p> https://ojs.ict.unesp.br/index.php/cob/article/view/4312 <p>Objective: The present investigation aimed to characterize Texture Analysis (TA) parameters of the condylar<br />medullary bone and the superior aspect of the lateral pterygoid muscle (LPM) on Magnetic Resonance Imaging<br />(MRI) for the identification of potential changes in individuals with temporomandibular disorder (TMD).<br />Material and Methods: A total of 40 MRI scans was retrospectively selected, consisting of 20 from patients<br />without temporomandibular joint (TMJ) changes (control group) and 20 from patients diagnosed with TMD<br />(TMD group). All MRI scans adhered to a consistent protocol, utilizing an 8.0 cm diameter bilateral surface coil<br />to capture latero-medial parasagittal images with T2-weighted and Proton Density-weighted (PD), both with<br />the mouth closed and at maximum mouth opening. TA was performed using the MaZda 4.20 software (Institute<br />of Electronics, Technical University of Lodz, Poland). The regions of interest (ROI) were standardized for all<br />evaluated images, and texture parameters were calculated through the gray-level co-occurrence matrix method.<br />TA results underwent comparison using the Mann-Whitney test. Results: There was a statistically significant<br />difference in the Correlation and Moment of Inverse Difference parameters between control and TMD groups,<br />notably evident in PD-weighted images for the region of the condylar medullary bone and the LPM, respectively<br />(p&lt;0.05). Conclusion: Thus, the TA method exhibits promising potential to provide valuable information,<br />enhancing the accuracy of TMD diagnosis and classification.<br />KEYWORDS<br />Dentistry; Diagnostic imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Radiomics; Temporomandibular joint dysfunction<br />syndrome</p> Victória Geisa Brito de Oliveira Elaine Cristina de Carvalho Beda Correa de Araujo André Luiz Ferreira Costa Michelle Bianchi de Moraes Sérgio Lucio Pereira de Castro Lopes Copyright (c) 2024 Brazilian Dental Science 2024-07-01 2024-07-01 27 3 10.4322/bds.2024.e4312