Deep Learning-Based Fully Automated Segmentation of Regional Muscle Volume and Spatial Intermuscular Fat Using CT.

Journal: Academic radiology
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Abstract

RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: We aim to develop a CT-based deep learning (DL) system for fully automatic segmentation of regional muscle volume and measurement of the spatial intermuscular fat distribution of the gluteus maximus muscle.

Authors

  • Rui Zhang
    Department of Cardiology, Zhongda Hospital, Medical School of Southeast University, Nanjing, China.
  • Aiting He
    Department of Radiology, Yuxi Third Hospital, Yuxi, China (A.H.).
  • Wei Xia
    Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Education & Ministry of Environmental Protection, State Key Laboratory of Environmental Health (Incubation), School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
  • Yongbin Su
    Department of Radiology, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Beijing 100035, China (Y.S., Y.L., Z.G., X.C., L.W.).
  • Junming Jian
    University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, China.
  • Yandong Liu
  • Zhe Guo
    Biomedical Information Engineering Lab, The University of Aizu, Fukushima, Japan.
  • Wei Shi
    Department of Orthopedics, Shenzhen Pediatrics Institute of Shantou University Medical College, Shenzhen, China.
  • Zhenguang Zhang
    Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan, China (Z.Z., B.H.).
  • Bo He
    Institute of Intelligent System and Bioinformatics, College of Intelligent Systems Science and Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, China.
  • Xiaoguang Cheng
    Department of Radiology, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Beijing, 100035, China.
  • Xin Gao
    Department of Computer Science, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey, USA.
  • Yajun Liu
    Department of Spine Surgery, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Beijing, China. drliuyajun@163.com.
  • Ling Wang
    The State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, #7 Jinsui Road, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510230, China.