Differentiation of benign and malignant vertebral fractures using a convolutional neural network to extract CT-based texture features.
Sophia Samira GollerSarah C ForemanJon F RischewskiJürgen WeißingerAnna-Sophia DietrichDavid SchinzRobert StahlJohanna LuitjensSebastian SillerVanessa F SchmidtBernd ErberJens RickeThomas LiebigJan S KirschkeMichael DieckmeyerAlexandra S GersingPublished in: European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society (2023)
Three-dimensional CT-based global TF skewness assessed using a CNN-based framework showed significant difference between benign and malignant thoracolumbar VFs and may therefore contribute to the clinical diagnostic work-up of patients with VFs.