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Main Authors: Kundu, Soumya Snigdha, Mo, Yuanhan, Srikijkasemwat, Nicharee, Papiez, Bartłomiej W.
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.19263
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author Kundu, Soumya Snigdha
Mo, Yuanhan
Srikijkasemwat, Nicharee
Papiez, Bartłomiej W.
author_facet Kundu, Soumya Snigdha
Mo, Yuanhan
Srikijkasemwat, Nicharee
Papiez, Bartłomiej W.
contents The development and progression of arthritis is strongly associated with osteophytes, which are small and elusive bone growths. This paper presents one of the first efforts towards automated spinal osteophyte detection in spinal X-rays. A novel automated patch extraction process, called SegPatch, has been proposed based on deep learning-driven vertebrae segmentation and the enlargement of mask contours. A final patch classification accuracy of 84.5\% is secured, surpassing a baseline tiling-based patch generation technique by 9.5%. This demonstrates that even with limited annotations, SegPatch can deliver superior performance for detection of tiny structures such as osteophytes. The proposed approach has potential to assist clinicians in expediting the process of manually identifying osteophytes in spinal X-ray.
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spellingShingle Spinal Osteophyte Detection via Robust Patch Extraction on minimally annotated X-rays
Kundu, Soumya Snigdha
Mo, Yuanhan
Srikijkasemwat, Nicharee
Papiez, Bartłomiej W.
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Artificial Intelligence
The development and progression of arthritis is strongly associated with osteophytes, which are small and elusive bone growths. This paper presents one of the first efforts towards automated spinal osteophyte detection in spinal X-rays. A novel automated patch extraction process, called SegPatch, has been proposed based on deep learning-driven vertebrae segmentation and the enlargement of mask contours. A final patch classification accuracy of 84.5\% is secured, surpassing a baseline tiling-based patch generation technique by 9.5%. This demonstrates that even with limited annotations, SegPatch can deliver superior performance for detection of tiny structures such as osteophytes. The proposed approach has potential to assist clinicians in expediting the process of manually identifying osteophytes in spinal X-ray.
title Spinal Osteophyte Detection via Robust Patch Extraction on minimally annotated X-rays
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.19263