Determine the dimensions (in pixels) of the smallest vertebra (based on the height of the vertebral body)."

I'm currently working on a school project of medical imaging. I have an X-Ray image of a spine. The objective is to determine the dimensions (in pixels) of the smallest vertebra (based on the height of the vertebral body).". To achieve the requested objective, we must work on the image, apply some of the methods taught, improve it, and subsequently segment structures of interest.

How can i do it?

Thank you everyone in advance.

Answer 1

[praguna manvi]

Hi @Rafael,

As I understand you are mainly looking to segment regions of interest in the shared spinal X-ray image. Here is a useful discussion on segmenting CT images of spine:

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/2001377-image-segmentation-for-spinal-ct-images

Also, you can refer to the following example in R2025b on medical image segementation using Medical Segment Anything model (MedSAM):

https://www.mathworks.com/help/medical-imaging/ug/get-started-with-medical-segment-anything-model-for-medical-image-segmentation.html