The L-PDM is a statistical probabilistic model of all landmark positions in the human body, including five landmarks for each vertebra. Given a new volume, the proposed algorithm applies five hypotheses (normal, 11 or 13 thoracic vertebrae, 4 or 6 lumbar vertebrae) to the given spine and ...
• The human spine contains 33 vertebrae. • The animal kingdom is divided into 33 phyla. • Some of sports’ all-time greats rocked the number 33, including Slingin’ Sammy Baugh of the Washington Redskins; Boston Celtic Larry Bird; Eddie Murray of the Baltimore Orioles; and the New...
Müllerian aplasia (MA) is a congenital disorder of the female reproductive tract with absence of uterus and vagina with paramount impact on a woman’s life. Despite intense research, no major genes have been found to explain the complex genetic etiology
In vertebrates, there are multiple spine phenomena in which the number of thoracic vertebrae and lumbar vertebrae of certain individuals is greater than that of other individuals of the same species, and the number of thoracic vertebrae can determine the number of rib pairs [4,5]. Increasing ...