Stefanie Eriksson1, Hanna Hebelka2,3, Leif Torén2,3, Christian Waldenberg2, Helena Brisby2, and Kerstin Lagerstrand1,4
1Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2Institute of Clinical Sciences, Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden, 3Department of Radiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden, 4Institute of Clinical Scences, Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden
1Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2Institute of Clinical Sciences, Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden, 3Department of Radiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden, 4Institute of Clinical Scences, Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden
Features calculated
with TA showed to be significantly different between the IVDs with and without
annular fissuring. When the features were used for classification by random
forest a high accuracy in differentiating between discs with and without
annular fissuring was achieved.
Figure 2. The “Decision
Tree” used for classification
Figure 1. Confusion matrix and classification report for fissures involving outer annulus.
