Publications

Publications

Working Papers

1.

3D CBCT-Based Prediction of Endodontic Treatment Outcomes with Radiomic Features.

Y. Lee, R.Q. Chen, H. Yan, M. Mupparapu, F. Lure, J. Li, F.C. Setzer

Manuscript in preparation.

2.

Depth-Specific Soil Moisture Trajectories for Cross-Year Sugar Beet Yield Prediction

Y. Lee, X. Qiao, Y. Shi, W. Liang, Y. Chen, J. Li

Manuscript in preparation.

Under Review

3.

SPADE: A Large Language Model Framework for Soil Moisture Pattern Recognition and Anomaly Detection in Precision Agriculture

Y. Lee, R.Q. Chen, X. Qiao, Y. Shi, W. Liang, Y. Chen, J. Li

Revised manuscript under review in Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 2026.

Peer-Reviewed Publications

4.

Dentin-Normalized CBCT Radiomics within a Periapical Lesion Differential Diagnosis System for Differentiating Granulomas and Radicular Cysts

Y. Lee, R.Q. Chen, H. Yan, M. Mupparapu, F. Lure, J. Li, F.C. Setzer

Journal of Endodontics, 2026.

5.

BrainNormalizer: Anatomy-Informed Pseudo-Healthy Brain Reconstruction from Tumor MRI via Edge-Guided ControlNet

M.G. Kwak, Y. Lee, H. Wang, J. Li

IISE Transactions on Healthcare Systems Engineering, 1–13, 2026.Monthly Spotlight Series

6.

The Science Behind Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Active Learning

R.Q. Chen, Y. Lee, J. Li

Dental Clinics of North America, 70(2), 351–359, 2026.

7.

Modular, On-Site Solutions with Lightweight Anomaly Detection for Sustainable Nutrient Management in Agriculture

A. Cohen, Y. Sun, Z. Qin, H. Muriki, Z. Xiao, Y. Lee, M. Housley, A.F. Sharkey, R.S. Ferrarezi, J. Li, G. Lu, Y. Chen

ACS ES&T Engineering, 6(3), 1089–1105, 2026.

8.

Foundation model cascades enable zero-shot microscopy image analysis for cell therapy manufacturing

R.Q. Chen, Y. Lee, B. Joffe, P.C. Costa, C. Filan, B. Wang, S. Balakirsky, F. Robles, K. Roy, J. Li

Cytotherapy, 28(5), 102078, 2026.

9.

Oral-Anatomical Knowledge-Informed Semi-Supervised Learning for 3D Dental CBCT Segmentation and Lesion Detection

Y. Lee, M.G. Kwak, R.Q. Chen, H. Yan, M. Mupparapu, F. Lure, F.C. Setzer, J. Li

IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 22, 11205–11218, 2025.IISE DAIS Best Paper Finalist

10.

Leveraging Pretrained Transformers for Efficient Segmentation and Lesion Detection in Cone-Beam Computed Tomography Scans

R.Q. Chen, Y. Lee, H. Yan, M. Mupparapu, F. Lure, J. Li, F.C. Setzer

Journal of Endodontics, 50(10), 1505–1514, 2024.

11.

Discovery of Fault-Introducing Tool Groups with a Numerical Association Rule Mining Method in a Printed Circuit Board Production Line

Y. Lee, Y. Kim, B. Lee, C.O. Kim

International Journal of Production Research, 62(9), 3305–3319, 2024.