Analysis of Methods for Preprocessing of Panoramic Dental X-Rays for Image Segmentation Tasks
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https://doi.org/10.31649/1997-9266-2023-170-5-41-49Keywords:
panoramic dental X-rays, preprocessing, computer vision, deep learning, image segmentation, bilateral filterAbstract
The paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the effectiveness of preprocessing filters for panoramic dental X-rays in the dental fillings segmentation task. The study focuses on the analysis of the practical application of the most popular image preprocessing methods, including the Contrast Limited Adaptive Histogram Equalization (CLAHE) filter, Gaussian filter, bilateral filter, and Multi-scale Retinex with Color Restoration (MSRCR) filter. These methods have been carefully tuned to improve the image characteristics and significantly increase its quality. In addition, the paper presents an algorithm for training a segmentation model based on the U-Net architecture for the dental fillings segmentation task. A comprehensive evaluation of the segmentation accuracy was performed by comparing the model results with annotations using clearly defined metrics. The paper shows a comparative analysis of the effectiveness of each image preprocessing filter in comparison with the original raw images. For the effectiveness evaluation of the preprocessing filters for segmentation models, the following metrics were used: Dice Score, Jaccard index, Precision, and Sensitivity/Recall. These metrics enable to conduct a comprehensive assessment of the effectiveness of segmentation models, considering the influence of the filters on various aspects of accuracy. According to the analysis results, it was found that the best results were demonstrated by the model that uses the bilateral preprocessing filter of panoramic images for the dental fillings segmentation task. The CLAHE filter also performed well, showing the best sensitivity of the model. In general, the results of this work emphasize the importance of the correct choice of image preprocessing methods for segmentation tasks on panoramic dental X-ray images. The results also confirm the advantage of using the bilateral and the CLAHE filters for the dental fillings segmentation task.
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