Hybrid ConvViT model for classification of dental radiography images

Yıl 2025, Cilt: 40 Sayı: 3, 2071 - 2086, 21.08.2025

Anıl Utku

https://doi.org/10.17341/gazimmfd.1551005

Öz

Dental radiography is used as an important diagnostic tool in the field of dentistry. Dental radiography provides detailed visualization of teeth, jaws and surrounding structures. Dental radiographs are manually interpreted by dentists for diagnosis and treatment purposes. Artificial intelligence methods are successfully applied to automate various image-related processes such as diagnosis and classification. In this study, a hybrid ConvViT model was developed to detect caries, fillings, impacted teeth, implants and normal teeth from dental radiography images. ConvViT combined the advantages of CNN and ViT architectures and provided more successful classification of dental radiography images. ConvViT was compared with popular pre-trained deep learning models such as ResNet-50, VGG-16, EfficientNetB0, and DenseNet201. Experimental results showed that ConvViT outperformed the compared models with 95% accuracy, 95% precision, 94% recall and 94% F-score. ConvViT makes a significant contribution to the development of artificial intelligence-based automatic diagnosis systems in the field of dentistry by effectively modeling both local and long-range features thanks to its hybrid structure.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Dental radiography , CNN , ViT , pre-trained models , deep learning

Dental radyografi görüntülerinin sınıflandırılmasına yönelik hibrit ConvViT modeli

Öz

Dental radyografi, diş hekimliği alanında önemli bir tanı aracı olarak kullanılmaktadır. Dental radyografi, dişlerin, çenenin ve bu dili çevreleyen yapıların ayrıntılı bir şekilde görüntülenmesini sağlar. Diş radyografileri, teşhis ve tedavi amacıyla diş hekimleri tarafından manuel olarak yorumlanmaktadır. Yapay zekâ yöntemleri, tanı ve sınıflandırma gibi görüntülerle ilgili çeşitli süreçleri otomatikleştirmek amacıyla başarılı bir şekilde uygulanmaktadır. Bu çalışmada, dental radyografi görüntülerinden çürük, dolgu, gömülü diş, implant ve normal diş durumlarını tespit etmek amacıyla hibrit ConvViT modeli geliştirilmiştir. ConvViT, CNN ve ViT mimarilerinin avantajlarını bir araya getirerek dental radyografi görüntülerinin daha başarılı bir şekilde sınıflandırılmasını sağlamıştır. ConvViT, ResNet-50, VGG-16, EfficientNetB0 ve DenseNet201 gibi popüler önceden eğitilmiş derin öğrenme modelleriyle karşılaştırılmıştır. Deneysel sonuçlar, ConvViT'in %95 doğruluk, %95 kesinlik, %94 duyarlılık ve %94 F-skor ile karşılaştırılan modellere göre daha başarılı olduğunu göstermiştir. ConvViT, hibrit yapısı sayesinde hem yerel hem de uzun menzilli özellikleri etkili bir şekilde modelleyerek diş hekimliği alanında yapay zekâ tabanlı otomatik teşhis sistemlerinin geliştirilmesine önemli bir katkı sunmaktadır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Dental radyografi , CNN , ViT , önceden eğitilmiş modeller , derin öğrenme

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