2011 Summer Project Week Spine Segmentation And Osteoporosis Screening in CT

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2011 Summer Project Week Spine Segmentation And Osteoporosis Screening in CT

With the increased volume of CT studies and the number of slices in each, diagnostic radiologists need to focus their attention on the clinical situation at stake, at the expense of potential under diagnosis of incidental findings. One commonly underdiagnosed entity is skeletal conditions in the region of the spine. Our goal is to create a fully automated screening tool to detect incidental findings in the skeletal system in CT studies, while requiring the attention of a radiologist only in cases of positive findings.

Our first mission is fully automated segmentation of the spine and detection of osteoporosis findings.


Key Investigators

  • Radnostics: Anthony Blumfield
  • Albert Einstein College of Medicine: Einat Blumfield, MD

To join or collaborate with this project, please contact Anthony dot Blumfield At Radnostics dot Com.


Objective

Primary goal: Slicer integration


Stretch goals (subject to resources):

P1 Improvements in segmentation. E.g. removal of artifacts related to contrast in the circulatory and digestive systems, calcifications etc.

P1 Add platform support for Mac & Linux

P2 Develop segmentation algorithms for posterior processes

P2 Noise reduction in extremely noisy CT studies

P2 Add Support for upper thoracic vertebra T1-6



Approach, Plan

Write code in consultation with Slicer experts

Collaborate with NA-MIC researchers to increase project participation

Collaborate with NA-MIC leadership on IP licensing

Progress




References

http://wiki.na-mic.org/Wiki/index.php/2011-Challenge:Segment-a-spine

http://radnostics.com/default.aspx


Delivery Mechanism

This work will be delivered to the NAMIC Kit as a

  1. NITRIC distribution
  2. Slicer Module
    1. Built-in:
    2. Extension -- commandline:
    3. Extension -- loadable: