Forensic Dental Age Estimation Using Modified Deep Learning Neural Network

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dc.contributor.authorAtaş, İsa
dc.contributor.authorÖzdemir, Cüneyt
dc.contributor.authorAtaş, Musa
dc.contributor.authorDoğan, Yahya
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-08T18:25:50Z
dc.date.available2025-03-08T18:25:50Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.departmentDicle Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractDental age is one of the most reliable methods to identify an individual’s age. By using dental panoramic radiography (DPR) images, physicians and pathologists in forensic sciences try to establish the chronological age of individuals with no valid legal records or registered patients. The current methods in practice demand intensive labor, time, and qualified experts. The development of deep learning algorithms in the field of medical image processing has improved the sensitivity of predicting truth values while reducing the processing speed of imaging time. This study proposed an automated approach to estimate the forensic ages of individuals ranging in age from 8 to 68 using 1332 DPR images. Initially, experimental analyses were performed with the transfer learning-based models, including InceptionV3, DenseNet201, EfficientNetB4, MobileNetV2, VGG16, and ResNet50V2; and accordingly, the best-performing model, InceptionV3, was modified, and a new neural network model was developed. Reducing the number of the parameters already available in the developed model architecture resulted in a faster and more accurate dental age estimation. The performance metrics of the results attained were as follows: mean absolute error (MAE) was 3.13, root mean square error (RMSE) was 4.77, and correlation coefficient R2 was 87%. It is conceivable to propose the new model as potentially dependable and practical ancillary equipment in forensic sciences and dental medicine.
dc.identifier.doi10.17694/bajece.1351546
dc.identifier.endpage305
dc.identifier.issn2147-284X
dc.identifier.issn2147-284X
dc.identifier.issue4
dc.identifier.startpage298
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.17694/bajece.1351546
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11468/30424
dc.identifier.volume11
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherMUSA YILMAZ
dc.relation.ispartofBalkan Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Ulusal Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_DergiPark_21250205
dc.subjectDental age
dc.subjectDeep learning
dc.subjectDental panoramic radiograph
dc.subjectForensic odontology
dc.subjectInceptionV3
dc.subjectRegression.
dc.titleForensic Dental Age Estimation Using Modified Deep Learning Neural Network
dc.typeArticle

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