Summary of Spinal Osteophyte Detection Via Robust Patch Extraction on Minimally Annotated X-rays, by Soumya Snigdha Kundu et al.
Spinal Osteophyte Detection via Robust Patch Extraction on minimally annotated X-rays
by Soumya Snigdha Kundu, Yuanhan Mo, Nicharee Srikijkasemwat, Bartłomiej W. Papiez
First submitted to arxiv on: 29 Feb 2024
Categories
- Main: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary A novel deep learning-driven vertebrae segmentation method called SegPatch is presented, capable of automated spinal osteophyte detection in spinal X-rays with an accuracy of 84.5%. This approach outperforms a baseline tiling-based patch generation technique by 9.5%, demonstrating the effectiveness of limited annotations for detecting tiny structures like osteophytes. The proposed method has potential to assist clinicians in expediting manual identification of osteophytes, which is strongly associated with arthritis development and progression. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary The paper develops a new way to find small bone growths called osteophytes on spinal X-rays using computer learning. It’s an improvement over current methods because it can do the job with less training data. This could help doctors look at X-rays faster, which is important because osteophytes are linked to arthritis getting worse. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Deep learning
