Paravertebral muscle segmentation for body composition analysis in CT scans

In this study, deep learning techniques, specifically U-Net-based architectures, are used to automate the segmentation of paraspinal muscles in CT scans. This undergraduate research thesis aims to strengthen segmentation accuracy and improve body composition analysis (BCA) precision. Several models...

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Autores:
Gómez Mesa, Lina María
Tipo de recurso:
Trabajo de grado de pregrado
Fecha de publicación:
2025
Institución:
Universidad de los Andes
Repositorio:
Séneca: repositorio Uniandes
Idioma:
eng
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.uniandes.edu.co:1992/75992
Acceso en línea:
https://hdl.handle.net/1992/75992
Palabra clave:
Body composition analysis
Image processing
Paraspinal muscle
Semantic segmentation
Ingeniería
Rights
openAccess
License
Attribution 4.0 International
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Summary:In this study, deep learning techniques, specifically U-Net-based architectures, are used to automate the segmentation of paraspinal muscles in CT scans. This undergraduate research thesis aims to strengthen segmentation accuracy and improve body composition analysis (BCA) precision. Several models are evaluated, including U-Net, U-Net++, AttU-Net, TransUNet, UNETR, and SwinUNETR to compare their performance under a transfer learning approach on the CAVAAT dataset. The models are evaluated using performance metrics such as the Dice Similarity Coefficient (DSC) and Hausdorff Distance (HD). In addition, SAM (Segment Anything Model) is tested for its adaptability to medical imaging tasks, providing insights into its accuracy and potential applications in scenarios with limited annotations. \href{https://github.com/Lina-go/PMSegmentation.git}{Github Repository} has models, data, and code.