Gray level co-occurrence and random forest algorithm-based gender determination with maxillary tooth plaster images.
Gender is one of the intrinsic properties of identity, with performance enhancement reducing the cluster when a search is performed. Teeth have durable and resistant structure, and as such are important sources of identification in disasters (accident, fire, etc.). In this study, gender determination is accomplished by maxillary tooth plaster models of 40 people (20 males and 20 females). The images of tooth plaster models are taken with a lighting mechanism set-up. A gray level co-occurrence matrix of the image with segmentation is formed and classified via a Random Forest (RF) algorithm by extracting pertinent features of the matrix. Automatic gender determination has a 90% success rate, with an applicable system to determine gender from maxillary tooth plaster images.
Department of Computer Engineering, Selçuk University, Konya, Turkey. Electronic address: betulakkoc@selcuk.edu.tr.
Betül
B
Akkoç
Department of Computer Engineering, Konya Food & Agriculture University, Konya, Turkey. Electronic address: ahmet.arslan@gidatarim.edu.tr.
Ahmet
A
Arslan
Department of Orthodonti Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey. Electronic address: hkok@konya.edu.tr.
Hatice
H
Kök
D000465:Algorithms; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D012732:Sex Determination Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D014070:Tooth / Q000033:anatomy & histology*
Feature extraction; Gender determination; Image processing; Random forest algorithm