Automatic Lumbar Vertebra Landmark Localization and Segmentation for Pedicle Screw Placement

Y Cheng, JL Jiang, N Zhang, H Zhao… - 2022 26th International …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Pedicle screw placement is a standard but technically demanding operation. Improper screw
placement can cause nerve damage and postoperative complications. Usually, the …

An automated method for landmark identification and finite-element modeling of the lumbar spine

JQ Campbell, AJ Petrella - IEEE Transactions on Biomedical …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Goal: The purpose of this study was to develop a method for the automated creation of finite-
element models of the lumbar spine. Methods: Custom scripts were written to extract bone …

Coarse X-Ray Lumbar Vertebrae Pose Localization using Triangulation Correspondence

W Yookwan, J Sangrueng… - 2022 Asia-Pacific Signal …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry Scanner is essential for medical diagnostics and clinical
routine. Typically, this type of device generates two radiography images of the human spine …

Bone anatomical landmark localization with cascaded spatial configuration network

Q Zhao, J Zhu, J Zhu, A Zhou… - … Science and Technology, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Accurate localization of bone anatomical landmarks in medical images is of great
significance for decision-making in surgical plans and orthopedic surgery visual navigation …

[HTML][HTML] Reliability Analysis of Vertebral Landmark Labelling on Lumbar Spine X-ray Images

JS Jang, JI Kim, B Ku, JH Lee - Diagnostics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Vertebral landmark labelling on X-ray images is important for objective and quantitative
diagnosis. Most studies related to the reliability of labelling focus on the Cobb angle, and it is …

[HTML][HTML] Ai-driven segmentation and automated analysis of the whole sagittal spine from x-ray images for spinopelvic parameter evaluation

SY Song, MS Seo, CW Kim, YH Kim, BC Yoo, HJ Choi… - Bioengineering, 2023 - mdpi.com
Spinal–pelvic parameters are utilized in orthopedics for assessing patients' curvature and
body alignment in diagnosing, treating, and planning surgeries for spinal and pelvic …

[HTML][HTML] Deep learning approach for automatic landmark detection and alignment analysis in whole-spine lateral radiographs

YC Yeh, CH Weng, YJ Huang, CJ Fu, TT Tsai… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Human spinal balance assessment relies considerably on sagittal radiographic parameter
measurement. Deep learning could be applied for automatic landmark detection and …

A survey on techniques of vertebrae localization

R Garg, A Mittal - 2014 Recent Advances in Engineering and …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Vertebrae Localization is a vital step in diagnosis of many pathological diseases like
scoliosis, kyphosis and lordosis. Localization of vertebrae becomes challenging due to …

Vertebral labelling in radiographs: learning a coordinate corrector to enforce spinal shape

A Bayat, A Sekuboyina, F Hofmann… - … Methods and Clinical …, 2020 - Springer
Localizing and labeling vertebrae in spinal radiographs has important applications in spinal
shape analysis in scoliosis and degenerative disorders. However, due to tissue overlaying …

[HTML][HTML] Automatically diagnosing disk bulge and disk herniation with lumbar magnetic resonance images by using deep convolutional neural networks: method …

Q Pan, K Zhang, L He, Z Dong, L Zhang… - JMIR medical …, 2021 - medinform.jmir.org
Background: Disk herniation and disk bulge are two common disorders of lumbar
intervertebral disks (IVDs) that often result in numbness, pain in the lower limbs, and lower …