BMC Medical Imaging

Automated paraspinal muscle quantification at L3-L4 on lumbar MRI: external validation in a cohort study

By Wei Tang, Tianxu Chen, Zhongzheng Yan, Gaohai Shao

Study in peopleAI & data

The paper

Wei Tang, Tianxu Chen, Zhongzheng Yan, Gaohai Shao

The Affiliated Yongchuan Hospital of Chongqing Medical University

BMC Medical Imaging, 29 Sep 2026, CC BY-NC-ND

doi.org/10.1186/s12880-026-02868-1

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