A Hybrid Transfer Learning Approach to Teeth Diagnosis Using Orthopantomogram Radiographs

The rise in the emphasis on oral diseases has elevated the need to automate the diagnostic process of such diseases. Fortunately, the availability of modern computing devices has made the automated diagnosis of teeth readily possible using deep learning. Despite this, concerns about the accuracy and...

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Main Authors: Ahmed Alabd-Aljabar, Zain Raisan, Mohammed Adnan, Salam Dhou
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Published: IEEE 2024-01-01
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description The rise in the emphasis on oral diseases has elevated the need to automate the diagnostic process of such diseases. Fortunately, the availability of modern computing devices has made the automated diagnosis of teeth readily possible using deep learning. Despite this, concerns about the accuracy and function of automated diagnosis remain among patients. To showcase the performance of such algorithms, we propose two approaches for the task of teeth diagnosis utilizing Orthopantomograms (panoramic radiographs): 1) a direct classification approach; and 2) a hybrid approach that combines a deep learning model with a traditional classifier. The results revealed that all ten chosen deep learning models experienced a similar or improved performance when used in conjunction with a machine learning classifier. In particular, Vision Transformer (ViT) performed the best with a record accuracy of 96% using both the direct and hybrid approaches. However, the hybrid framework combining AlexNet with a Support Vector Machine achieved an accuracy of 94%, and although it falls short of ViT in terms of performance, it comprises far fewer parameters. This highlights the approach’s effectiveness in improving performance without the need to use a deeper model, making it well-suited for clinical adoption where efficiency is important.
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spelling doaj-art-2a8436bfd67740959c9bd9e2ba83746a2025-08-20T01:54:38ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362024-01-011217814217815210.1109/ACCESS.2024.350792510770196A Hybrid Transfer Learning Approach to Teeth Diagnosis Using Orthopantomogram RadiographsAhmed Alabd-Aljabar0https://orcid.org/0009-0004-3701-2002Zain Raisan1https://orcid.org/0009-0002-6699-1321Mohammed Adnan2https://orcid.org/0009-0001-4440-4934Salam Dhou3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8143-6417Department of Computer Science and Engineering, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab EmiratesDepartment of Computer Science and Engineering, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab EmiratesDepartment of Computer Science and Engineering, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab EmiratesDepartment of Computer Science and Engineering, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab EmiratesThe rise in the emphasis on oral diseases has elevated the need to automate the diagnostic process of such diseases. Fortunately, the availability of modern computing devices has made the automated diagnosis of teeth readily possible using deep learning. Despite this, concerns about the accuracy and function of automated diagnosis remain among patients. To showcase the performance of such algorithms, we propose two approaches for the task of teeth diagnosis utilizing Orthopantomograms (panoramic radiographs): 1) a direct classification approach; and 2) a hybrid approach that combines a deep learning model with a traditional classifier. The results revealed that all ten chosen deep learning models experienced a similar or improved performance when used in conjunction with a machine learning classifier. In particular, Vision Transformer (ViT) performed the best with a record accuracy of 96% using both the direct and hybrid approaches. However, the hybrid framework combining AlexNet with a Support Vector Machine achieved an accuracy of 94%, and although it falls short of ViT in terms of performance, it comprises far fewer parameters. This highlights the approach’s effectiveness in improving performance without the need to use a deeper model, making it well-suited for clinical adoption where efficiency is important.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10770196/Dental imagingdental informaticsdeep learningmachine learningorthopantomographytransfer learning
spellingShingle Ahmed Alabd-Aljabar
Zain Raisan
Mohammed Adnan
Salam Dhou
A Hybrid Transfer Learning Approach to Teeth Diagnosis Using Orthopantomogram Radiographs
IEEE Access
Dental imaging
dental informatics
deep learning
machine learning
orthopantomography
transfer learning
title A Hybrid Transfer Learning Approach to Teeth Diagnosis Using Orthopantomogram Radiographs
title_full A Hybrid Transfer Learning Approach to Teeth Diagnosis Using Orthopantomogram Radiographs
title_fullStr A Hybrid Transfer Learning Approach to Teeth Diagnosis Using Orthopantomogram Radiographs
title_full_unstemmed A Hybrid Transfer Learning Approach to Teeth Diagnosis Using Orthopantomogram Radiographs
title_short A Hybrid Transfer Learning Approach to Teeth Diagnosis Using Orthopantomogram Radiographs
title_sort hybrid transfer learning approach to teeth diagnosis using orthopantomogram radiographs
topic Dental imaging
dental informatics
deep learning
machine learning
orthopantomography
transfer learning
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10770196/
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