Combined bone lesion analysis in 3D CT data of vertebrae

Two novel statistically based methods for bone lesion detection and classification are presented. Together with the previously published MRF method [15], they form a triad of mutually complementary methods that promise, when fused, to enable higher reliability of bone lesion assessment.

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