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    Area of Science:

    • Medical Imaging
    • Spinal Disorders
    • Artificial Intelligence in Medicine

    Background:

    • Central lumbar spinal stenosis significantly impacts patient quality of life.
    • Current MRI diagnostic methods struggle with lesion localization, cross-view alignment, and multi-view data utilization.
    • Existing approaches show limited generalization across diverse patient variability.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop an advanced model for accurate grading of central lumbar spinal stenosis using multi-view MRI image fusion.
    • To overcome limitations in current MRI-based diagnostic techniques for spinal stenosis.

    Main Methods:

    • Proposed the Encompassing Lumbar Central Spinal Stenosis Grading Model via Multi-view MRI Image Fusion (ELSG-MF).
    • Stage 1: Used contrast-driven consistency reinforcement for pseudo-label extraction to guide Med-SAM segmentation.
    • Stage 2: Developed the Sagittal-Axial Pairing (SAP) Algorithm for inter-view spatial correlation.
    • Stage 3: Introduced the multi-view Adaptive Fusion (M²AF) module for dynamic feature fusion.

    Main Results:

    • The ELSG-MF model achieved high performance metrics: 0.8631 overall accuracy, 0.96 AUC, and 0.8614 F1-score.
    • Demonstrated superior segmentation and grading accuracy compared to mainstream approaches.
    • Showcased robust generalization capabilities across patient variability.

    Conclusions:

    • ELSG-MF effectively addresses limitations in current MRI-based spinal stenosis diagnosis.
    • The model shows significant potential for clinical application in diagnosing and grading central lumbar spinal stenosis.
    • Multi-view MRI image fusion enhances diagnostic precision and model generalization.