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A computed tomography vertebral segmentation dataset with anatomical variations and multi-vendor scanner data.

Hans Liebl, David Schinz, Anjany Sekuboyina, Luca Malagutti, Maximilian T Löffler, Amirhossein Bayat, Malek El Husseini, Giles Tetteh, Katharina Grau, Eva Niederreiter and 6 more

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Article in Scientific data, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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31 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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16 authors.

Hans Liebl *Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, School of Medicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany. hans.liebl@tum.de.ORCID 0000-0002-0171-9880
David Schinz *Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, School of Medicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3734-1135
Anjany SekuboyinaDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, School of Medicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
Luca MalaguttiDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, School of Medicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
Maximilian T LöfflerDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.
Amirhossein BayatDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, School of Medicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
Malek El HusseiniDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, School of Medicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
Giles TettehDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, School of Medicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
Katharina GrauDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, School of Medicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
Eva NiederreiterDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, School of Medicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
Thomas BaumDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, School of Medicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-4574-5212
Benedikt WiestlerDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, School of Medicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2963-7772
Bjoern MenzeDepartment of Informatics, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-4136-5690
Rickmer BrarenDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, School of Medicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
Claus ZimmerDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, School of Medicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
Jan S KirschkeDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, School of Medicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-7557-0003

Funding

EC | EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020 | H2020 Priority Excellent Science | H2020 European Research Council (H2020 Excellent Science - European Research Council) 637164
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

With the advent of deep learning algorithms, fully automated radiological image analysis is within reach. In spine imaging, several atlas- and shape-based as well as deep learning segmentation algorithms have been proposed, allowing for subsequent automated analysis of morphology and pathology. The first "Large Scale Vertebrae Segmentation Challenge" (VerSe 2019) showed that these perform well on normal anatomy, but fail in variants not frequently present in the training dataset. Building on that experience, we report on the largely increased VerSe 2020 dataset and results from the second iteration of the VerSe challenge (MICCAI 2020, Lima, Peru). VerSe 2020 comprises annotated spine computed tomography (CT) images from 300 subjects with 4142 fully visualized and annotated vertebrae, collected across multiple centres from four different scanner manufacturers, enriched with cases that exhibit anatomical variants such as enumeration abnormalities (n = 77) and transitional vertebrae (n = 161). Metadata includes vertebral labelling information, voxel-level segmentation masks obtained with a human-machine hybrid algorithm and anatomical ratings, to enable the development and benchmarking of robust and accurate segmentation algorithms.

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Tomography, X-Ray ComputedAdultAgedAlgorithmsHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedMaleMiddle AgedSpine

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PMID34711848
PMCPMC8553749

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