Caries and Restoration Detection Using Bitewing Film Based on Transfer Learning with CNNs

• Main Authors: Mao, Yi-Cheng, Chen, Tsung-Yi, Jhou, He-Sheng, Lin, Szu-Yin, Liu, Sheng-Yu, Chen, Yu-An, Liu, Yu-Lin, Chen, Chiung-An, Huang, Yen-Cheng, Chen, Shih-Lun, Li, Chun-Wei, Abu, Patricia Angela R, Chiang, Wei-Yuan
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2021
• Subjects: biomedical image; bitewing film; Gaussian high-pass filter; Otsu’s thresholding; deep learning; CNN; transfer learning; AlexNet; Computer Engineering; Computer Sciences; Dentistry
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/discs-faculty-pubs/216; https://archium.ateneo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1218&context=discs-faculty-pubs
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Caries is a dental disease caused by bacterial infection. If the cause of the caries is detected early; the treatment will be relatively easy; which in turn prevents caries from spreading. The current common procedure of dentists is to first perform radiographic examination on the patient and mark t...