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 …

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 …

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 …

End-to-end automated body composition analyses with integrated quality control for opportunistic assessment of sarcopenia in CT

S Nowak, M Theis, BD Wichtmann, A Faron… - European …, 2022 - Springer
Objectives To develop a pipeline for automated body composition analysis and skeletal
muscle assessment with integrated quality control for large-scale application in opportunistic …

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 deep learning model to automate skeletal muscle area measurement on computed tomography images

KC Amarasinghe, J Lopes, J Beraldo, N Kiss… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background Muscle wasting (Sarcopenia) is associated with poor outcomes in cancer
patients. Early identification of sarcopenia can facilitate nutritional and exercise intervention …

Artificial intelligence for body composition and sarcopenia evaluation on computed tomography: A systematic review and meta-analysis

S Bedrikovetski, W Seow, HM Kroon, L Traeger… - European journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Purpose Tracing muscle groups manually on CT to calculate body composition parameters
and diagnose sarcopenia is costly and time consuming. Artificial Intelligence (AI) provides …

Deep learning automated segmentation for muscle and adipose tissue from abdominal computed tomography in polytrauma patients

LLGC Ackermans, L Volmer, L Wee, R Brecheisen… - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
Manual segmentation of muscle and adipose compartments from computed tomography
(CT) axial images is a potential bottleneck in early rapid detection and quantification of …

Use of artificial intelligence in the imaging of sarcopenia: A narrative review of current status and perspectives

M Rozynek, I Kucybała, A Urbanik, W Wojciechowski - Nutrition, 2021 - Elsevier
Sarcopenia is a muscle disease which previously was associated only with aging, but in
recent days it has been gaining more attention for its predictive value in a vast range of …