This study introduces a diffusion-based framework for robust and accurate segmenton of vertebrae, intervertebral discs (IVDs), and spinal canal from Magnetic Resonance Imaging~(MRI) scans of patients with low back pain (LBP), regardless of whether the scans are T1w or T2-weighted. The results showed that SpineSegDiff achieved comparable outperformed non-diffusion state-of-the-art models in the identification of degenerated IVDs. Our findings highlight the potential of diffusion models to improve LBP diagnosis and management through precise spine MRI analysis.

翻译：本研究提出了一种基于扩散的框架，用于从腰痛患者的磁共振成像扫描中稳健且准确地分割椎骨、椎间盘和椎管，无论扫描是T1加权还是T2加权。结果表明，在识别退变椎间盘方面，SpineSegDiff取得了与非扩散最先进模型相当甚至更优的性能。我们的发现凸显了扩散模型通过精确的脊柱磁共振分析来改善腰痛诊断与管理的潜力。