DentAge : deep learning for automated age prediction using panoramic dental X-ray images

Bizjak, Žiga (author), Robič, Tina (author)

Age estimation plays a crucial role in various fields, including forensic science and anthropology. This study aims to develop and validate DentAge, a deep-learning model for automated age prediction using panoramic dental X-ray images. DentAge was trained on a dataset comprising 21,007 panoramic dental X-ray images sourced from a private dental center in Slovenia. The dataset included subjects aged 4 to 97 years with various dental conditions. Transfer learning was employed, initializing the model with ImageNet weights and fine-tuning on the dental image dataset. The model was trained using stochastic gradient descent with momentum, and mean absolute error (MAE) served as the objective function. Across the test dataset, DentAge achieved an MAE of 3.12 years, demonstrating its efficacy in age prediction. Notably, the model performed well across different age groups, with MAEs ranging from 1.94 (age group [10–20]) to 13.40 years (age group [90–100]). Visual evaluation revealed factors contributing to prediction errors, including prosthetic restorations, tooth loss, and bone resorption. DentAge represents a significant advancement in automated age prediction within dentistry. The model's robust performance across diverse age groups and dental conditions underscores its potential utility in real-world scenarios. Our model will be accessible to the public for further adjustments and validation, ensuring DentAge's effectiveness and trustworthiness in practical scenarios.

• Language: English
• Keywords: age estimation, deep learning, dental imaging, panoramic dental X-ray, ResNet, transfer learning
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FE - Faculty of Electrical Engineering
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2024
• Number of pages: Str. 2069-2074
• Numbering: Vol. 69, iss. 6
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-164606
• UDC: 004.93:616-073.7:616.314
• ISSN on article: 1556-4029
• DOI: 10.1111/1556-4029.15629
• COBISS.SI-ID: 208221955
• Publication date in RUL: 05.11.2024

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Journal of forensic sciences
• Publisher: Wiley, American Academy of Forensic Sciences
• ISSN: 1556-4029
• COBISS.SI-ID: 515028249

Licences

• License: CC BY-NC 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
• Description: A creative commons license that bans commercial use, but the users don’t have to license their derivative works on the same terms.

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: ocenjevanje starosti, globoko učenje, slikanje zob, panoramski rentgen, ResNet, prenos znanja

Projects

• Funder: ARRS - Slovenian Research Agency
• Project number: P2-0232
• Name: Analiza biomedicinskih slik in signalov

• Funder: ARRS - Slovenian Research Agency
• Project number: J2-3059
• Name: Sprotno prilagajanje načrta protonske in radioterapije