European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society
Oct 24, 2023
PURPOSE: Validated deep learning models represent a valuable option to perform large-scale research studies aiming to evaluate muscle quality and quantity of paravertebral lumbar muscles at the population level. This study aimed to assess lumbar spin...
OBJECTIVE: To develop and evaluate a fully automated method based on deep learning and phantomless internal calibration for bone mineral density (BMD) measurement and opportunistic low BMD (osteopenia and osteoporosis) screening using chest low-dose ...
IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering
Oct 19, 2023
Spinal fixation with rigid pedicle screws have shown to be an effective treatment for many patients. However, this surgical option has been proved to be insufficient and will eventually fail for patients experiencing osteoporosis. This failure is mai...
European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society
Oct 3, 2023
PURPOSE: To develop a deep learning-based cascaded HRNet model, in order to automatically measure X-ray imaging parameters of lumbar sagittal curvature and to evaluate its prediction performance.
Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA
Sep 20, 2023
UNLABELLED: While FRAX with BMD could be more precise in estimating the fracture risk, DL-based models were validated to slightly reduce the number of under- and over-treated patients when no BMD measurements were available. The validated models coul...
BACKGROUND: Minimally invasive approaches to the spine via anterior and posterior approaches have been increasing in popularity, culminating in the development of robot-assisted spinal fusions. The da Vinci surgical robot has been used for anterior l...
The spine journal : official journal of the North American Spine Society
Sep 12, 2023
BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Navigation and robotic technologies have emerged as an alternative option to conventional freehand techniques for pedicle screw insertion. However, the effectiveness of these technologies in reducing the perioperative complication...
Computer methods in biomechanics and biomedical engineering
Aug 7, 2023
Clustering algorithms such as k-means and agglomerative hierarchical clustering (HCA) may provide a unique opportunity to analyze time-series kinematic data. Here we present an approach for determining number of clusters and which clustering algorith...
OBJECTIVE: To compare the image quality and diagnostic performance between standard turbo spin-echo MRI and accelerated MRI with deep learning (DL)-based image reconstruction for degenerative lumbar spine diseases.
Pedicle screw fixation is a spinal fusion technique that involves the implantation of screws into vertebral pedicles to restrict movement between those vertebrae. The objective of this research is to measure pedicle screw placement accuracy using a n...