Segmentation of the Herniated Intervertebral Discs

Abstract

This paper presents two segmentation algorithms for MR spine image segmentation helping in on time diagnosis of the spine hernia and surgical intervention whenever required. One is level set segmentation and another one is watershed segmentation algorithm. Both of these methods have been widely used before (

Improving radiologists’ and orthopedists’ QoE in diagnosing lumbar disk herniation using 3D modeling

“…A human spine consists of a set of bones, each is called vertebrae, that are separated by a filler called a disk. A disk degradation, usually called disk herniation, is a local displacement of disk ingredients toward the posterior normal margins of the intervertebral disk [1]. Lumbar intervertebral disk herniation (IDH) is a disease that causes lower back pain (LBP).…”

“…Those anatomic details of the 3D organ are presented as a set of 2D parallel cross-sectional axial, sagittal and coronal images [4]. We can find many researches in the literature that deals with automatic diagnosis based on clinical MRI data, but they have mostly used only the sagittal views [1], [3] [5]- [11]. Some other researches focus on converting medical images into quantitative measurements to solve the problem of having to read medical images, which many specialists consider a non-trivial task [3], [12]- [14].…”