Spine-GAN: Semantic Segmentation of Multiple Spinal Structures

Spinal diseases greatly limit body mobility, block nervous system, and deteriorate quality of life worldwide. For instance, neural foraminal stenosis (NFS)1 often causes muscle weakness and body disability, and NFS has attacked about 80% of the elderly population  (Kaneko et al., 2012; Rajaee et al., 2012). In another instance, intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD) easily induces chronic back pain and body functional incapacity, while IDD is responsible for over 90% of spine surgical procedures (He et al., 2017a).

Source: Medical Image Analysis - August 24, 2018 Category: Radiology Authors: Zhongyi Han, Benzheng Wei, Ashley Mercado, Stephanie Leung, Shuo Li Source Type: research