Automated measurement of bone scan index from a whole-body bone scintigram.

Akinobu ShimizuHayato WakabayashiTakumi KanamoriAtsushi SaitoKazuhiro NishikawaHiromitsu DaisakiShigeaki HigashiyamaJoji Kawabe

Published in: International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery (2019)

We proposed a deep learning-based BSI measurement system for a whole-body bone scintigram and proved its effectiveness by threefold cross-validation study using 246 whole-body bone scintigrams. The automatically measured BSI and computational time for a case are deemed clinically acceptable and reliable.

Keyphrases

bone mineral density
deep learning
soft tissue
bone loss
bone regeneration
randomized controlled trial
computed tomography
systematic review
high throughput
artificial intelligence
convolutional neural network