Dear all,
I am trying to test SCT in a MacOS 13.1, I am trying to test the segmentation tool (sct_deepseg_sc) with the attached .nii file, but I am unable to get results. I hope you can help sort if this is because if the image acquisition or is it something with my SCT?
Command:
<sct_deepseg_sc -i m21.nii.gz -c t1 -qc qc>
(I am unable to upload the file because is ~9 mb, I am attaching a link to my drive:
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Please help!
Hi @enriquegf,
Thank you for reaching out. Indeed, I confirm the segmentation fails. Looking deeper (by using the flag -r 0 to keep intermediate outputs), I see that the centerline detection failed (yellow curve):
When using the flag -centerline viewer, you can create a reliable centerline as illustrated here:
When using that centerline, the segmentation is improved. However, it is far from being perfect, mostly because the acquisition is not prone to segmenting the spinal cord reliably (ie: sagittal acquisition with thick slices, in your case 4.4mm). So, I tried with 3D kernel, and also with PropSeg. The latest gave the best results. See comparison (red: sct_deepseg_sc -kernel 2d, yellow: sct_deepseg_sc -kernel 3d, green: sct_propseg):
See QC with syntaxes used: qc.zip (3.3 MB)
And the centerline so you can reproduce my results: m21_centerline.nii.gz (37.9 KB)
Best,
Julien
