openalexScientific Reports2026-07-23
Residual multi-scale attention and deformable learning for lumbar spine MRI segmentation
Punarselvam Ettiya, Radha R, Rukmani Devi Sethuraman, Jyothsna Cherapanamjeri
Segmentation of lumbar spine structures (vertebrae, intervertebral discs, and spinal canal) from magnetic resonance images remains a difficult task due to low tissue contrast, anatomical variability across patients, and the high computational cost of modern deep learning models.…