Digital dental x-ray database for caries screening

Standard database is the essential requirement to compare the performance of image analysis techniques. Hence the main issue in dental image analysis is the lack of available image database which is provided in this paper. Periapical dental X-ray images which are suitable for any analysis and approv...

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Main Authors: Rad, Abdolvahab Ehsani, Mohd. Rahim, Mohd. Shafry, Rehman, Amjad, Saba, Tanzila
Format: Article
Published: 3D Display Research Center 2016
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Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/69215/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13319-016-0096-5
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Summary:Standard database is the essential requirement to compare the performance of image analysis techniques. Hence the main issue in dental image analysis is the lack of available image database which is provided in this paper. Periapical dental X-ray images which are suitable for any analysis and approved by many dental experts are collected. This type of dental radiograph imaging is common and inexpensive, which is normally used for dental disease diagnosis and abnormalities detection. Database contains 120 various Periapical X-ray images from top to bottom jaw. Dental digital database is constructed to provide the source for researchers to use and compare the image analysis techniques and improve or manipulate the performance of each technique.