Intelligent biofilm detection with ensemble of deep learning networks.

Journal: Medicina oral, patologia oral y cirugia bucal
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Dental biofilm is traditionally identified visually, which can be challenging and time-consuming due to its color similarity with the tooth. The aim of this study was to evaluate the performance of U-Net neural networks for the automatic detection of dental biofilm without disclosing agents on intraoral photographs of deciduous and permanent teeth using an ensemble strategy.

Authors

  • B-P Sobrinho
    Faculdade de Odontologia Avenida Araújo Pinho, 62, Canela 40110-150, Salvador/Bahia, Brazil patcury@yahoo.com; patricia.cury@ufba.br.
  • B-P Silva
  • K-M Andrade
  • D-A Ribeiro
  • J-N Santos
  • L-R Oliveira
  • P-R Cury