Automatic soft-tissue analysis on orthodontic frontal and lateral facial photographs based on deep learning.

Journal: Orthodontics & craniofacial research
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: To establish the automatic soft-tissue analysis model based on deep learning that performs landmark detection and measurement calculations on orthodontic facial photographs to achieve a more comprehensive quantitative evaluation of soft tissues.

Authors

  • Qiao Chang
    Department of Orthodontics, School of Stomatology, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
  • Yuxing Bai
    Department of Orthodontics, School of Stomatology, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050, China.
  • Shaofeng Wang
    Department of Orthodontics, School of Stomatology, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
  • Fan Wang
    Faculty of Information Engineering and Automation, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China.
  • Yajie Wang
    Center for Biomedical Imaging Research, Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
  • Feifei Zuo
    LargeV Instrument Corp., Ltd., Beijing 100084, China.
  • Xianju Xie
    Department of Orthodontics, School of Stomatology, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.