Abstract #2620

Texture analysis based on T2-weigted images show high differentiation between IVDs with and without annular fissuring

Stefanie Eriksson¹, Hanna Hebelka^2,3, Leif Torén^2,3, Christian Waldenberg², Helena Brisby², and Kerstin Lagerstrand^1,4

¹Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden, ²Institute of Clinical Sciences, Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden, ³Department of Radiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden, ⁴Institute of Clinical Scences, Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden

Texture analysis provides quantitative image analysis based on mathematically calculated features. A high number of features calculated with texture analysis showed to be significantly different between the intervertebral discs with and without annular fissuring that had been classified from CT discograms. When the features based on T2-weighted images were used for classification by "Random Forest" a very high accuracy in differentiating between discs with and without annular fissuring was achieved.

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