Vertebral labelling and segmentation are two fundamental tasks in an automated spine
processing pipeline. Reliable and accurate processing of spine images is expected to …

Abstract Purpose of Review Statistical models of shape and appearance have increased
their popularity since the 1990s and are today highly prevalent in the field of medical image …

The surgical treatment of injuries to the spine often requires the placement of pedicle
screws. To prevent damage to nearby blood vessels and nerves, the individual vertebrae …

Purpose Transforaminal endoscopic surgery (TES) is effective for treatment of intervertebral
disc-related diseases. To avoid injury to the critical structures, preoperative planning is …

In population-oriented ergonomics product design and musculoskeletal kinetics analysis,
digital spine models of different shape, pose and material property are in great demand. The …

Providing a simultaneous segmentation and diagnosis of the spinal structures on axial
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) images has significant value for subsequent …

Accurate vertebral segmentation is important for image-related assessment of spine
pathologies. Recent spine segmentation techniques focus on deep learning-based …

The automatic localization of the lumbar region is essential for the diagnosis of lumbar
diseases, the study of lumbar morphology, and the surgical planning. Although the existing …