Computer-Aided Diagnosis of Vertebral Compression Fractures Using Convolutional Neural Networks and Radiomics.

ABSTRACT: Vertebral Compression Fracture (VCF) occurs when the vertebral body partially collapses under the action of compressive forces. Non-traumatic VCFs can be secondary to osteoporosis fragility (benign VCFs) or tumors (malignant VCFs). The investigation of the etiology of non-traumatic VCFs is usually necessary, since treatment and prognosis are dependent on the VCF type. Currently, there has been great interest in using Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) for the classification of medical images because these networks allow the automatic extraction of useful features for the classification in a given problem. However, CNNs usually require large datasets that are often not available in medical applications. Besides, these networks generally do not use additional information that may be import

SUBMITTER: Del Lama RS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9156595 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature