For many orthopaedic, neurological, and oncological applications, an exact segmentation of
the vertebral column including an identification of each vertebra is essential. However …

Spinal cord segmentation provides measures of atrophy and facilitates group analysis via
inter-subject correspondence. Automatizing this procedure enables studies with large …

Background Whether differences exist in male and female lumbar lordosis has been
debated by researchers who are divided as to the nature of variations in the spinal curve …

Quantifying spinal cord (SC) atrophy in neurodegenerative and traumatic diseases brings
important diagnosis and prognosis information for the clinician. We recently developed the …

Segmentation of the internal organs in medical images is a difficult task. By incorporating a
priori information regarding specific organs of interest, results of segmentation may be …

Abstract Background and Objective The spinal cord is a very important organ that must be
protected in treatments of radiotherapy (RT), considered an organ at risk (OAR). Excess rays …

We propose a completely automated algorithm for the detection of the spinal centreline and
the centres of vertebral bodies and intervertebral discs in images acquired by computed …

We propose methods to perform automatic identification of the rib structure, the vertebral
column, and the spinal canal in computed tomographic (CT) images of pediatric patients …

Exact information about the shape of a lumbar pedicle can increase operation accuracy and
safety during computer-aided spinal fusion surgery, which requires extreme caution on the …

Segmentation and landmarking of computed tomographic (CT) images of pediatric patients
are important and useful in computer-aided diagnosis (CAD), treatment planning, and …