Automated Comprehensive Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Assessment using MVC-Net

Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS) is the most common type of spinal deformity that occurs in children at the onset of puberty (Weinstein et  al., 2008). Large cross-continental studies have shown that the prevalence of AIS can be as high as 5.2% and progression of large spinal deformities leads to poor quality of life and complications from injury to the heart and lungs (Asher and Burton, 2006). Clinicians currently make treatment deci sions by assessing the degree of spinal deformity. It is therefore essential to have a reliable way of measuring spinal deformations.
Source: Medical Image Analysis - Category: Radiology Authors: Source Type: research