Abstract
Objectives
To clarify the performance of transfer learning with a small number of Waters’ images at institution B in diagnosing maxillary sinusitis, based on a source model trained with a large number of panoramic radiographs at institution A.
Methods
The source model was created by a 200-epoch training process with 800 training and 60 validation datasets of panoramic radiographs at institution A using VGG-16. One hundred and eighty Waters’ and 180 panoramic image patches with or without maxillary sinusitis at institution B were enrolled in this study, and were arbitrarily assigned to 120 training, 20 validation, and 40 test datasets, respectively. Transfer learning of 200 epochs was performed using the training and validation datasets of Waters’ images based on the source model, and the target model was obtained. The test Waters’ images were applied to the source and target models, and the performance of each model was evaluated. Transfer learning with panoramic radiographs and evaluation by two radiologists were undertaken and compared. The evaluation was based on the area of receiver-operating characteristic curves (AUC).
Results
When using Waters' images as the test dataset, the AUCs of the source model, target model, and radiologists were 0.780, 0.830, and 0.806, respectively. There were no significant differences between these models and the radiologists, whereas the target model performed better than the source model. For panoramic radiographs, AUCs were 0.863, 0.863, and 0.808, respectively, with no significant differences.
Conclusions
This study performed transfer learning using a small number of Waters’ images, based on a source model created solely from panoramic radiographs, resulting in a performance improvement to 0.830 in diagnosing maxillary sinusitis, which was equivalent to that of radiologists. Transfer learning is considered a useful method to improve diagnostic performance.
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Kotaki, S., Nishiguchi, T., Araragi, M. et al. Transfer learning in diagnosis of maxillary sinusitis using panoramic radiography and conventional radiography. Oral Radiol 39, 467–474 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11282-022-00658-3
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