Detection of Cavities from Dental Panoramic X-ray Images Using Nested U-Net Models
Dental caries is one of the most prevalent and chronic diseases worldwide. Dental X-ray radiography is considered a standard tool and a valuable resource for radiologists to identify dental diseases and problems that are hard to recognize by visual inspection alone. However, the available dental pan...
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| author | Shuaa S. Alharbi Athbah A. AlRugaibah Haifa F. Alhasson Rehan Ullah Khan |
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| description | Dental caries is one of the most prevalent and chronic diseases worldwide. Dental X-ray radiography is considered a standard tool and a valuable resource for radiologists to identify dental diseases and problems that are hard to recognize by visual inspection alone. However, the available dental panoramic image datasets are extremely limited and only include a small number of images. U-Net is one of the deep learning networks that are showing promising performance in medical image segmentation. In this work, different U-Net models are applied to dental panoramic X-ray images to detect caries lesions. The Detection, Numbering, and Segmentation Panoramic Images (DNS) dataset, which includes 1500 panoramic X-ray images obtained from Ivisionlab, is used in this experiment. The major objective of this work is to extend the DNS Panoramic Images dataset by detecting the cavities in the panoramic image and generating the binary ground truth of this image to use as the ground truth for the evaluation of models. These ground truths are revised by experts to ensure their robustness and correctness. Firstly, we expand the Panoramic Images (DNS) dataset by detecting the cavities in the panoramic images and generating the images’ binary ground truth. Secondly, we apply U-Net, U-Net++ and U-Net3+ to the expanded DNS dataset to learn the hierarchical features and to enhance the cavity boundary. The results show that U-Net3+ outperforms the other versions of U-Net with 95% in testing accuracy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a8412d946f8645f78844dc0190b714fb2023-12-08T15:11:40ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172023-11-0113231277110.3390/app132312771Detection of Cavities from Dental Panoramic X-ray Images Using Nested U-Net ModelsShuaa S. Alharbi0Athbah A. AlRugaibah1Haifa F. Alhasson2Rehan Ullah Khan3Department of Information Technology, College of Computer, Qassim University, Buraydah 52571, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Information Technology, College of Computer, Qassim University, Buraydah 52571, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Information Technology, College of Computer, Qassim University, Buraydah 52571, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Information Technology, College of Computer, Qassim University, Buraydah 52571, Saudi ArabiaDental caries is one of the most prevalent and chronic diseases worldwide. Dental X-ray radiography is considered a standard tool and a valuable resource for radiologists to identify dental diseases and problems that are hard to recognize by visual inspection alone. However, the available dental panoramic image datasets are extremely limited and only include a small number of images. U-Net is one of the deep learning networks that are showing promising performance in medical image segmentation. In this work, different U-Net models are applied to dental panoramic X-ray images to detect caries lesions. The Detection, Numbering, and Segmentation Panoramic Images (DNS) dataset, which includes 1500 panoramic X-ray images obtained from Ivisionlab, is used in this experiment. The major objective of this work is to extend the DNS Panoramic Images dataset by detecting the cavities in the panoramic image and generating the binary ground truth of this image to use as the ground truth for the evaluation of models. These ground truths are revised by experts to ensure their robustness and correctness. Firstly, we expand the Panoramic Images (DNS) dataset by detecting the cavities in the panoramic images and generating the images’ binary ground truth. Secondly, we apply U-Net, U-Net++ and U-Net3+ to the expanded DNS dataset to learn the hierarchical features and to enhance the cavity boundary. The results show that U-Net3+ outperforms the other versions of U-Net with 95% in testing accuracy.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/23/12771artificial intelligencedental cariesdeep learningdental panoramic X-ray imagesimage segmentationmachine learning |
| spellingShingle | Shuaa S. Alharbi Athbah A. AlRugaibah Haifa F. Alhasson Rehan Ullah Khan Detection of Cavities from Dental Panoramic X-ray Images Using Nested U-Net Models Applied Sciences artificial intelligence dental caries deep learning dental panoramic X-ray images image segmentation machine learning |
| title | Detection of Cavities from Dental Panoramic X-ray Images Using Nested U-Net Models |
| title_full | Detection of Cavities from Dental Panoramic X-ray Images Using Nested U-Net Models |
| title_fullStr | Detection of Cavities from Dental Panoramic X-ray Images Using Nested U-Net Models |
| title_full_unstemmed | Detection of Cavities from Dental Panoramic X-ray Images Using Nested U-Net Models |
| title_short | Detection of Cavities from Dental Panoramic X-ray Images Using Nested U-Net Models |
| title_sort | detection of cavities from dental panoramic x ray images using nested u net models |
| topic | artificial intelligence dental caries deep learning dental panoramic X-ray images image segmentation machine learning |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/23/12771 |
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