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Development of softwares for images optimization of the tooth enamel microstructure in whole teeth and fingerprints obtained from distance

Grant number: 18/23038-7
Support Opportunities:Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
Start date: July 01, 2019
End date: July 31, 2023
Field of knowledge:Health Sciences - Dentistry
Agreement: Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES)
Principal Investigator:Sergio Roberto Peres Line
Grantee:Giovani Bressan Fogalli
Host Institution: Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba (FOP). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Piracicaba , SP, Brazil
Associated scholarship(s):20/07401-4 - Development of software for image segmentation of tooth enamel microstructure, BE.EP.DR

Abstract

Human tooth enamel is the most mineralized tissue of the organism, characterized by layers of prisms in regularly alternating directions. Those successive layers form the Hunter-Schreger Bands (HSB) that appear as light and dark stripes when seen through side lighting, similarly to fingerprints. We previously demonstrated that the HSB pattern is highly variable and unique for each tooth. Thereby, the biometric pattern of the HSB can be a useful method for personal identification, since enamel can resist through time and extreme environmental conditions. Although promising, popularization of this method is hampered by technique limitations in the image processing. The aim of this project is to develop a software to enhance the contrast and highlight the HSB. Once Hunter-Schreger bands pattern resembles fingerprints, we will also assess whether it allows enhancement in the quality of fingerprint images obtained from distance.

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Scientific publications
(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)
JARA-ESPEJO, MANUEL; HAWKINS, MELISSA T. R.; FOGALLI, GIOVANI BRESSAN; LINE, SERGIO ROBERTO PERES. Folding Stability of Pax9 Intronic G-Quadruplex Correlates with Relative Molar Size in Eutherians. Molecular Biology and Evolution, v. 38, n. 5, p. 1860-1873, . (18/23038-7)
FOGALLI, GIOVANI B.; LINE, SERGIO R. P.. Estimating the Influence of Physicochemical and Biochemical Property Indexes on Selection for Amino Acids Usage in Eukaryotic Cells. Journal of Molecular Evolution, v. 89, n. 4-5, . (18/23038-7)
Academic Publications
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FOGALLI, Giovani Bressan. Development of algorithms for processing of images of tooth enamel microstructure and fingerprints obtained from distance. 2023. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba (FOP) Piracicaba, SP.

Filed patent(s) as a result of this research project

IDENTIFICAÇÃO PESSOAL POR MEIO DA MICROESTRUTURA DO ESMALTE DENTAL BR512021002122-3 - Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) . Sérgio Roberto Peres Line ; Giovani Bressan Fogalli - September 2021, 01