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  • Radiology and Medical Imaging
  • Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
  • Neurosurgery and Spinal Cord Injury

Background:

  • Degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) is a leading cause of non-traumatic spinal cord injury.
  • MRI is crucial for DCM detection, but interpretation is subjective and varies among physicians.
  • This variability can lead to diagnostic inconsistencies and delayed treatment.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate a deep learning model for automated cervical spinal cord compression detection on MRI.
  • To evaluate the model's performance against expert annotations.
  • To improve diagnostic accuracy and consistency in DCM cases.

Main Methods:

  • A YOLO11-based deep learning model was trained and validated on 1,431 cervical MRI images from 735 patients.
  • The model used a binary classification scheme (Normal vs. Compression).
  • External validation was performed at two medical centers, with results compared to expert and mid-level physician annotations.

Main Results:

  • The YOLO11 model achieved high performance during cross-validation (mAP50: 0.917-0.970).
  • External testing showed superior agreement with expert annotations (mAP50=0.944) compared to mid-level physicians (mAP50=0.912).
  • The model demonstrated statistically significant improvement over mid-level physician performance (P < 0.05).

Conclusions:

  • The YOLO11-based model shows stable, expert-level performance for detecting cervical spinal cord compression on MRI.
  • The model offers rapid inference, high sensitivity, and integrated visualization, addressing clinical AI challenges.
  • This AI tool can enhance efficiency and interpretability in DCM assessment.