FIGURE 5.

Fully automatic segmentation of lumbar vertebrae from T2-MR scans from in spite of acquisition and pathology induced variation. Red indicates automated segmentation and green indicates manual segmentation. Note the presence of dislocation in the second row from the top and severe disk degeneration in the case in the bottom row. Further note the substantial variation in noise and bias across the cases and that not all vertebral bodies are perfectly square in shape either.