Lumbar Morphometry: A Study of Lumbar Vertebrae from a Pakistani Population Using Computed Tomography Scans [PDF]
Asian Spine Journal, 2014 Study DesignA cross-sectional study.PurposeTo describe the characteristics of lumbar vertebrae of Pakistani patients reporting at a tertiary care hospital and compare with studies from other populations.Overview of LiteratureSeveral studies have been ...
Muhammad M Alam +3 more
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Fully Automatic Segmentation of Lumbar Vertebrae from CT Images using Cascaded 3D Fully Convolutional Networks [PDF]
IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging, 2017 We present a method to address the challenging problem of segmentation of lumbar vertebrae from CT images acquired with varying fields of view. Our method is based on cascaded 3D Fully Convolutional Networks (FCNs) consisting of a localization FCN and a ...
Janssens, Rens +2 more
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Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, 2018 Background An increasing number of studies on spinal morphology in asymptomatic Asian and Western patients have been reported. Variation in spinal anatomy among patients is considered as the cause of wrong-level surgery in up to 40% of cases. The present
Ying-zhao Yan +8 more
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Sensors, 2022 The lumbar spine plays a very important role in our load transfer and mobility. Vertebrae localization and segmentation are useful in detecting spinal deformities and fractures.
Malaika Mushtaq +4 more
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Journal of International Medical Research, 2018 Objective Exercise has a positive effect on physical fitness. Tai Chi Chuan is a traditional Chinese aerobic exercise. We assessed the effect of Tai Chi on the degeneration of lumbar vertebrae and lumbar discs with magnetic resonance images. Methods This
Chenghu Deng, Wei Xia
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Exploring cortical trajectory of the lumbar vertebrae: a morphometric study in dry skeletons: a retrospective study in Thailand [PDF]
Asian Spine JournalStudy Design Retrospective cohort study. Purpose This study aimed to explore the morphometry of the Thai lumbar vertebrae. Overview of Literature The cortical bone trajectory (CBT) is a novel approach for vertebral screw fixation aimed at addressing ...
Parika Hanarwut +7 more
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Morphometric study of the lumbar vertebrae in dried anatomical collections [version 4; peer review: 3 approved, 1 approved with reservations] [PDF]
F1000Research, 2023 Background The objective of this anatomical study was to perform the morphometry of dried lumbar vertebrae in human cadavers. Methods This study utilized 200 adult human cadaveric dried lumbar vertebrae.
Y. Rao +6 more
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Three Dimensional (3D) Lumbar Vertebrae Data Set
Data Science Journal, 2016 3D modelling can be used for a variety of purposes, including biomedical modelling for orthopaedic or anatomical applications. Low back pain is prevalent in society yet few validated 3D models of the lumbar spine exist to facilitate assessment.
H. Bennani, B. McCane, J. Cornwall
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BUU-LSPINE: A Thai Open Lumbar Spine Dataset for Spondylolisthesis Detection
Applied Sciences, 2023 (1) Background: Spondylolisthesis, a common disease among older individuals, involves the displacement of vertebrae. The condition may gradually manifest with age, allowing for potential prevention by the research of predictive algorithms.
Podchara Klinwichit +5 more
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Variation in Global Spinal Sagittal Parameters in Asymptomatic Adults with 11 Thoracic Vertebrae, four Lumbar Vertebrae, and six Lumbar Vertebrae [PDF]
Orthopaedic Surgery, 2022 Objective To investigate the prevalence of 11 thoracic vertebrae (TVs), four lumbar vertebrae (LVs) and six LVs among asymptomatic Chinese volunteers, and the influence of spine variations on the global spinal sagittal parameters.
Ying‐zhao Yan +5 more
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