Machine learning for automatic paraspinous muscle area and attenuation measures on low-dose chest CT scans

R Barnard, J Tan, B Roller, C Chiles, AA Weaver… - Academic radiology, 2019 - Elsevier
Rationale and Objectives To develop and evaluate an automated machine learning (ML)
algorithm for segmenting the paraspinous muscles on chest computed tomography (CT) …

A machine learning algorithm to estimate sarcopenia on abdominal CT

JE Burns, J Yao, D Chalhoub, JJ Chen, RM Summers - Academic radiology, 2020 - Elsevier
Rationale and Objectives To assess whether a fully-automated deep learning system can
accurately detect and analyze truncal musculature at multiple lumbar vertebral levels and …

Deep learning-based muscle segmentation and quantification at abdominal CT: application to a longitudinal adult screening cohort for sarcopenia assessment

PM Graffy, J Liu, PJ Pickhardt, JE Burns… - The British journal of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Objective: To investigate a fully automated abdominal CT-based muscle tool in a large adult
screening population. Methods: A fully automated validated muscle segmentation algorithm …

Fully automated deep learning tool for sarcopenia assessment on CT: L1 versus L3 vertebral level muscle measurements for opportunistic prediction of adverse …

PJ Pickhardt, AA Perez, JW Garrett… - American Journal of …, 2022 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
BACKGROUND. Sarcopenia is associated with adverse clinical outcomes. CT-based
skeletal muscle measurements for sarcopenia assessment are most commonly performed at …

Fully automated deep-learning section-based muscle segmentation from CT images for sarcopenia assessment

S Islam, F Kanavati, Z Arain, OF Da Costa, W Crum… - Clinical Radiology, 2022 - Elsevier
AIM To develop a fully automated deep-learning-based approach to measure muscle area
for assessing sarcopenia on standard-of-care computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen …

Automated muscle measurement on chest CT predicts all-cause mortality in older adults from the National Lung Screening Trial

L Lenchik, R Barnard, RD Boutin… - The Journals of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background Muscle metrics derived from computed tomography (CT) are associated with
adverse health events in older persons, but obtaining these metrics using current methods is …

Machine learning models for sarcopenia identification based on radiomic features of muscles in computed tomography

YJ Kim - International Journal of Environmental Research and …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The diagnosis of sarcopenia requires accurate muscle quantification. As an alternative to
manual muscle mass measurement through computed tomography (CT), artificial …

Abdominal musculature segmentation and surface prediction from CT using deep learning for sarcopenia assessment

P Blanc-Durand, JB Schiratti, K Schutte… - Diagnostic and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Purpose The purpose of this study was to build and train a deep convolutional neural
networks (CNN) algorithm to segment muscular body mass (MBM) to predict muscular …

Muscle Reference Values From Thoracic and Abdominal CT for Sarcopenia Assessment: The Framingham Heart Study

PE Tonnesen, ND Mercaldo, I Tahir… - Investigative …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Background Loss of muscle mass is a known feature of sarcopenia and predicts poor clinical
outcomes. Although muscle metrics can be derived from routine computed tomography (CT) …

Defining normal ranges of skeletal muscle area and skeletal muscle index in children on CT using an automated deep learning pipeline: implications for sarcopenia …

E Somasundaram, JA Castiglione… - American Journal of …, 2022 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
Please see the Editorial Comment by Maria Pilar Aparisi Gómez discussing this article.
BACKGROUND. Skeletal muscle area (SMA), representing skeletal muscle cross-sectional …