A Smartphone-Based System for Real-Time Early Childhood Caries Diagnosis

• Published in: Medical Ultrasound, and Preterm, Perinatal and Paediatric Image Analysis Vol. 12437; pp. 233 - 242
• Main Authors: Zhang, Yipeng, Liao, Haofu, Xiao, Jin, Jallad, Nisreen Al, Ly-Mapes, Oriana, Luo, Jiebo
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Springer International Publishing AG 2020; Springer International Publishing
• Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science
• Subjects: Cavity diagnosis; Deep learning; Mobile deployment
• ISBN: 9783030603335; 3030603334
• ISSN: 0302-9743; 1611-3349
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-60334-2_23

Early childhood caries (ECC) is the most common, yet preventable chronic disease in children under the age of 6. Treatments on severe ECC are extremely expensive and unaffordable for socioeconomically disadvantaged families. The identification of ECC in an early stage usually requires expertise in t...