Classification of lumbar spine disorders using large language models and MRI segmentation

Rongpeng Dong, Xueliang Cheng, Mingyang Kang, Yang Qu · 2024

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Rongpeng Dong, Xueliang Cheng, Mingyang Kang, and Yang Qu present a 2024 study that sorts lower back disorders using language models plus MRI scans. Reading spine scans is hard, and small errors can mislabel a case. The team aimed to lift accuracy by joining image data with written reports and measures.

Their pipeline first grades how well the scan was cut into parts, using strict overlap bars. A vision network then pulls out features such as the curve angle of the lower spine and disc heights. Those values feed a language model along with the report text. Data from more than twenty eight thousand patients set the standards for each disorder class.

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CREATORRongpeng Dong, Xueliang Cheng, Mingyang Kang, Yang Qu
YEAR2024
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE66 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC11571895

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