Recent Advances in Computational Methods and Clinical Applications for Spine Imaging

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Detection of Sclerotic Spine Metastases via Random Aggregation of Deep Convolutional Neural Network Classifications....Pages 3-12
Stacked Auto-encoders for Classification of 3D Spine Models in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis....Pages 13-25
An Active Optical Flow Model for Dose Prediction in Spinal SBRT Plans....Pages 27-35
Portable Optically Tracked Ultrasound System for Scoliosis Measurement....Pages 37-46
Front Matter....Pages 47-47
Atlas-Based Registration for Accurate Segmentation of Thoracic and Lumbar Vertebrae in CT Data....Pages 49-59
Segmentation of Lumbar Vertebrae Slices from CT Images....Pages 61-71
Interpolation-Based Detection of Lumbar Vertebrae in CT Spine Images....Pages 73-84
An Improved Shape-Constrained Deformable Model for Segmentation of Vertebrae from CT Lumbar Spine Images....Pages 85-94
Detailed Vertebral Segmentation Using Part-Based Decomposition and Conditional Shape Models....Pages 95-103
Front Matter....Pages 105-105
Automatic Segmentation of the Spinal Cord Using Continuous Max Flow with Cross-sectional Similarity Prior and Tubularity Features....Pages 107-118
Automated Radiological Grading of Spinal MRI....Pages 119-130
Automated 3D Lumbar Intervertebral Disc Segmentation from MRI Data Sets....Pages 131-142
Minimally Supervised Segmentation and Meshing of 3D Intervertebral Discs of the Lumbar Spine for Discectomy Simulation....Pages 143-155
Front Matter....Pages 157-157
Localisation of Vertebrae on DXA Images Using Constrained Local Models with Random Forest Regression Voting....Pages 159-171
Bone Profiles: Simple, Fast, and Reliable Spine Localization in CT Scans....Pages 173-184
Front Matter....Pages 185-185
Area- and Angle-Preserving Parameterization for Vertebra Surface Mesh....Pages 187-198
Contour Models for Descriptive Patient-Specific Neuro-Anatomical Modeling: Towards a Digital Brainstem Atlas....Pages 199-211
Front Matter....Pages 213-213
Atlas-Based Segmentation of the Thoracic and Lumbar Vertebrae....Pages 215-220
Lumbar and Thoracic Spine Segmentation Using a Statistical Multi-object Shape $$+$$ Pose Model....Pages 221-225
Vertebrae Segmentation in 3D CT Images Based on a Variational Framework....Pages 227-233
Front Matter....Pages 213-213
Interpolation-Based Shape-Constrained Deformable Model Approach for Segmentation of Vertebrae from CT Spine Images....Pages 235-240
3D Vertebra Segmentation by Feature Selection Active Shape Model....Pages 241-245
Report of Vertebra Segmentation Challenge in 2014 MICCAI Workshop on Computational Spine Imaging....Pages 247-259