PET/CT imaging of spinal inflammation and microcalcification in patients with low back pain: A pilot study on the quantification by artificial intelligence-based segmentation.
Reza PiriAmalie H Nøddeskou-FinkOke GerkeMåns LarssonLars EdenbrandtOlof EnqvistPoul-Flemming Høilund-CarlsenMette J StochkendahlPublished in: Clinical physiology and functional imaging (2022)
Observed intergroup differences suggest acute inflammation and microcalcification as possible nociceptive causes of LBP. AI-based quantification of relevant lumbar VOIs in PET/CT scans of LBP patients and controls appears to be feasible. These promising, early findings warrant further investigation and confirmation.
Keyphrases
- pet ct
- artificial intelligence
- deep learning
- machine learning
- big data
- oxidative stress
- positron emission tomography
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- computed tomography
- high resolution
- liver failure
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- spinal cord
- minimally invasive
- convolutional neural network
- spinal cord injury
- magnetic resonance imaging
- contrast enhanced
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- fluorescence imaging