Computational Methods and Clinical Applications for Spine Imaging : Proceedings of the Workshop Held at the 16th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention, September 22-26, 2013, Nagoya, Japan

This book contains the full papers presented at the MICCAI 2013 workshop Computational Methods and Clinical Applications for Spine Imaging. The workshop brought together researchers representing several fields, such as Biomechanics, Engineering, Medicine, Mathematics, Physics and Statistic. The works included in this book present and discuss new trends in those fields, using several methods and techniques in order to address more efficiently different and timely applications involving signal and image acquisition, image processing and analysis, image segmentation, image registration and fusion, computer simulation, image based modelling, simulation and surgical planning, image guided robot assisted surgical and image based diagnosis. Front Matter....Pages i-xi Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Segmentation of Vertebrae from 3D Spine Images by Applying Concepts from Transportation and Game Theories....Pages 3-14 Automatic and Reliable Segmentation of Spinal Canals in Low-Resolution, Low-Contrast CT Images....Pages 15-24 A Robust Segmentation Framework for Spine Trauma Diagnosis....Pages 25-33 2D-PCA Based Tensor Level Set Framework for Vertebral Body Segmentation....Pages 35-48 Front Matter....Pages 49-49 Computer Aided Detection of Spinal Degenerative Osteophytes on Sodium Fluoride PET/CT....Pages 51-60 Novel Morphological and Appearance Features for Predicting Physical Disability from MR Images in Multiple Sclerosis Patients....Pages 61-73 Classification of Spinal Deformities Using a Parametric Torsion Estimator....Pages 75-86 Lumbar Spine Disc Herniation Diagnosis with a Joint Shape Model....Pages 87-98 Epidural Masses Detection on Computed Tomography Using Spatially-Constrained Gaussian Mixture Models....Pages 99-108 Front Matter....Pages 109-109 Comparison of Manual and Computerized Measurements of Sagittal Vertebral Inclination in MR Images....Pages 111-121 Eigenspine: Eigenvector Analysis of Spinal Deformities in Idiopathic Scoliosis....Pages 123-134 Quantitative Monitoring of Syndesmophyte Growth in Ankylosing Spondylitis Using Computed Tomography....Pages 135-142 A Semi-automatic Method for the Quantification of Spinal Cord Atrophy....Pages 143-155 Front Matter....Pages 157-157 Multi-modal Vertebra Segmentation from MR Dixon for Hybrid Whole-Body PET/MR....Pages 159-171 Segmentation of Lumbar Intervertebral Discs from High-Resolution 3D MR Images Using Multi-level Statistical Shape Models....Pages 173-183 A Supervised Approach Towards Segmentation of Clinical MRI for Automatic Lumbar Diagnosis....Pages 185-195 Front Matter....Pages 197-197 Automatic Segmentation and Discrimination of Connected Joint Bones from CT by Multi-atlas Registration....Pages 199-207 Registration of MR to Percutaneous Ultrasound of the Spine for Image-Guided Surgery....Pages 209-218 Vertebrae Detection and Labelling in Lumbar MR Images....Pages 219-230