Paraspinal Muscle Segmentation Based on Deep Neural Network

The accurate segmentation of the paraspinal muscle in Magnetic Resonance (MR) images is a critical step in the automated analysis of lumbar diseases such as chronic low back pain, disc herniation and lumbar spinal stenosis. However, the automatic segmentation of multifidus and erector spinae has not...

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Main Authors: Haixing Li, Haibo Luo, Yunpeng Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-06-01
Series:Sensors
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/19/12/2650