A Deep Learning Automated Segmentation Algorithm Accurately Detects Differences in Longitudinal Cartilage Thickness Loss - Data from the FNIH Biomarkers Study of the Osteoarthritis Initiative.
Felix EcksteinAkshay S ChaudhariDavid FuerstMartin GaisbergerJana KemnitzChristian F BaumgartnerEnder KonukogluDavid John HunterWolfgang WirthPublished in: Arthritis care & research (2020)
A fully automated deep learning segmentation approach not only displayed similar sensitivity to change of longitudinal cartilage thickness loss in knee OA as manual expert segmentation, but also effectively differentiates longitudinal rates of cartilage thickness loss between cohorts with different progression profiles.