title: Computer aided diagnosis of degenerative intervertebral disc diseases from lumbar MR images.
abstract: This paper presents a novel method for the automated diagnosis of the degenerative intervertebral disc disease in midsagittal MR images. The approach is based on combining distinct disc features under a machine learning framework. The discs in the lumbar MR images are first localized and segmented. Then, intensity, shape, context, and texture features of the discs are extracted with various techniques. A Support Vector Machine classifier is applied to classify the discs as normal or degenerated. The method is tested and validated on a clinical lumbar spine dataset containing 102 subjects and the results are comparable to the state of the art.
authors: Department of Computer Engineering, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Istanbul, Turkey. Electronic address: abetul.oktay@medeniyet.edu.tr.
authors: Ayse Betul
authors: AB
authors: Oktay
authors: GIT Vision Lab, http://vision.gyte.edu.tr/, Department of Computer Engineering, Gebze Institute of Technology, Gebze, Kocaeli, Turkey. Electronic address: albayrak@bilmuh.gyte.edu.tr.
authors: Nur Banu
authors: NB
authors: Albayrak
authors: GIT Vision Lab, http://vision.gyte.edu.tr/, Department of Computer Engineering, Gebze Institute of Technology, Gebze, Kocaeli, Turkey. Electronic address: akgul@bilmuh.gyte.edu.tr.
authors: Yusuf Sinan
authors: YS
authors: Akgul
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D055959:Intervertebral Disc Degeneration / Q000473:pathology*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D010363:Pattern Recognition, Automated / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
keywords: Computer aided diagnosis; Degeneration; Degenerative disc disease; Desiccation; Herniation; Intervertebral disc; Lumbar; Machine learning