Spine X-ray image segmentation based on deep learning and marker controlled watershed.

Journal: Journal of X-ray science and technology
Published Date: Dec 19, 2024

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The development of automatic methods for vertebral segmentation provides the objective analysis of each vertebra in the spine image, which is important for the diagnosis of various spinal diseases. However, vertebrae have inter-class similarity and intra-class variability, and some adjacent vertebrae exhibit adhesion.

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  • Yating Xiao
    School of Information and Communication Engineering, North University of China, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, China.
  • Yan Chen
    Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
  • Yong Zhang
    Outpatient Department of Hepatitis, The Sixth Affiliated People's Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning, China.
  • Runjie Zhang
    Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China.
  • Guangyu Cui
  • Yufeng Song
    Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China.
  • Quan Zhang
    Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.

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