Bone age assessment from lateral cephalograms using deep learning algorithms in the Indian population.

Journal: Indian journal of dental research : official publication of Indian Society for Dental Research
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Abstract

PURPOSE: The assessment of bone age has applications in a wide variety of fields: from orthodontics to immigration. The traditional non-automated methods are time-consuming and subject to inter- and intra-observer variability. This is the first study of its kind done on the Indian population. In this study, we analyse different pre-processing techniques and architectures to determine the degree of maturation (i.e. cervical vertebral maturation [CVM]) from cephalometric radiographs using machine learning algorithms.

Authors

  • Sandhita Agarwal
    Department of Computer Science, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK.
  • Sonahita Agarwal
    Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics, Sardar Patel Post Graduate Institute of Dental and Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.