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Automatic vertebrae identification and localization from arbitrary CT images is challenging. Vertebrae usually share similar morphological appearance. Because of pathology and the arbitrary field-of-view of CT scans, one can hardly rely on…

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We propose Artificial Intelligence Prospective Randomized Observer Blinding Evaluation (AI-PROBE) for quantitative clinical performance evaluation of radiology AI systems within prospective randomized clinical trials. AI-PROBE encompasses a…

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Objective: To evaluate whether preoperative body composition metrics automatically extracted from CT scans can predict postoperative outcomes after colectomy, either alone or combined with clinical variables or existing risk predictors.…