Arun, Govind https://orcid.org/0009-0002-2573-4003
Vazhunnavar, Manu Govind https://orcid.org/0009-0005-6512-3735
George, Ajo Babu https://orcid.org/0009-0005-3026-0959
Agarwal, Kunal https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5130-208X
Article History
Received: 15 April 2025
Accepted: 22 November 2025
First Online: 28 January 2026
Declarations
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: The authors declare that there are no conflict of interest. The research received no specific funding, no patents or intellectual property are associated with the work, and there are no personal relationships or affiliations with organizations that could be perceived to have influenced the results or interpretations presented in this paper.
: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest relevant to the content of this research. This research did not involve any studies with human participants or animals performed by any of the authors. All training data used in this research were fully anonymized, and no identifiable personal data were included. The research was conducted in full accordance with applicable ethical guidelines and institutional standards to ensure integrity, transparency, and accountability. The present study on nasopalatine nerve segmentation is a secondary analysis of the anonymized dataset and involves no new patient data. No new ethical approval was required for this analysis as all data were de-identified and retrospectively obtained. The study was conducted in accordance with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments.