Lower back pain (LBP) is widely prevalent all over the world and more than 80% of the
people suffer from LBP at some point of their lives. Moreover, a shortage of radiologists is …

This paper presents a novel method for the automated diagnosis of the degenerative
intervertebral disc disease in midsagittal MR images. The approach is based on combining …

Purpose The primary goal of this article is to achieve an automatic and objective method to
compute the Pfirrmann's degeneration grade of intervertebral discs (IVD) from MRI. This …

Lower back pain is widely prevalent in the world today, and the situation is aggravated due
to a shortage of radiologists. Intervertebral disc disorders like desiccation, degeneration and …

In this paper we propose a robust and fully automated lumbar herniation diagnosis system
based on clinical MRI data which will not only aid a radiologist to make a decision with …

Background and objectives Advances in MRI hardware and sequences are continually
increasing the amount and complexity of data such as those generated in high-resolution …

Low back pain (LBP) is a disorder suffered by a large population around the world. A key
factor causing this illness is Intervertebral Disc (IVD) degeneration, whose early diagnosis …

Disc bulge and disc desiccation are the most common abnormalities occurring in the spine,
which leads to severe low back pain. Despite computer‐aided automatic abnormality …

The vertebral column consists of interconnected bone structures that extend from the neck
down to the pelvis. In addition to its crucial functionality in spinal cord protection, it provides …

This work develops an automated diagnostic system using medical image analysis methods
such as feature extraction, segmentation, and localization. The system locates or identifies …