External Validation of SpineNet, an Open-Source Deep Learning Model for Grading Lumbar Disk Degeneration MRI Features, Using the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966.

Journal: Spine
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Abstract

STUDY DESIGN: This is a retrospective observational study to externally validate a deep learning image classification model.

Authors

  • Terence P McSweeney
    Research Unit of Health Sciences and Technology, University of Oulu.
  • Aleksei Tiulpin
    Research Unit of Medical Imaging, Physics and Technology, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland. aleksei.tiulpin@oulu.fi.
  • Simo Saarakkala
    Research Unit of Health Sciences and Technology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.
  • Jaakko Niinimäki
    Research Unit of Health Sciences and Technology, University of Oulu.
  • Rhydian Windsor
    Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, UK.
  • Amir Jamaludin
    Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
  • Timor Kadir
    Mirada Medical, Oxford, UK.
  • Jaro Karppinen
    Research Unit of Health Sciences and Technology, University of Oulu.
  • Juhani Määttä
    Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland.