Work place: Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University, Department of Dentistry PO, Ivano-Frankivsk, 76018, Ukraine
E-mail: andriiorthot@gmail.com
Website: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-3323-4318
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Biography
Andriy Kyrylyuk is a postgraduate student of the Department of Dentistry at Ivano-Frankivsk national medical university as well as a head doctor of a private orthodontic clinic “Kyrylyuk Orthodontics”. He also lectures and on the topic of use of temporary anchorage devices in orthodontics and palatal expansion in adults. His professional interest is also focused on the use of cone beam computer tomography in orthodontics.
By Sviatoslav Dziubenko Tymur Dovzhenko Andriy Kyrylyuk Kamila Storchak
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijigsp.2026.01.01, Pub. Date: 8 Feb. 2026
The aim of this study is evaluating the efficacy of combining source-free domain adaptation techniques with quantitative uncertainty assessment, aimed at enhancing image segmentation in new domains. The research employs an uncertainty-aware source-free domain adaptation strategy, encompassing the generation of pseudo-labels, their filtration based on entropy and variance of predictions, alongside the involvement of an Exponential Moving Average (EMA) teacher and a tailored loss function. For validation purposes, segmentation models pre-trained on one image dataset were subsequently adapted to another dataset. A comprehensive comparative and ablation analysis, coupled with the visualization of the correlation between segmentation errors and the degree of uncertainty, was conducted. The ablation study corroborated that the complete configuration with the EMA teacher yielded the most favorable results. Data visualization elucidated a direct correlation between high uncertainty and an increased risk for segmentation errors. The findings of this study substantiate the viability of employing uncertainty assessment within the source-free domain adaptation process for clinical dentistry. The proposed methodology facilitates the adaptation of models to new conditions without necessitating retraining, thereby rendering the decision-making process more transparent. Future studies should consider assessing the efficacy of the proposed approach in additional dental visualization tasks, such as implant planning or orthodontic analysis.
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