26-30 July 2026

EMBC 2026

Toronto, Canada
Th.2.3: Musculoskeletal & Orthopedic Imaging
Thursday, 30 July, 10:15 - 11:45
Location: Room 716B
Session Type: Oral
Session Co-Chairs: Buket Barkana and Tao Huang
Theme 2: Biomedical Imaging and Image Processing
Thu, 30 Jul, 10:15 - 10:30

Th.2.3.1: Morphology-Aware KOA Classification: Integrating Graph Priors with Vision Models
Marouane Tliba, university of orleans; Mohamed Amine KERKOURI, f-initiatives; Yassine Nasser, University of Orleans; Nour Aburaed, University of Dubai; Aladine Chetouani, University of Sorbonne Paris Nord; Ulas Bagci, Northwestern University; Rachid Jennane, University of Orleans
Thu, 30 Jul, 10:30 - 10:45

Th.2.3.2: Automatic MRI Detection and Grading of L-spine Intervertebral Disc Degeneration (IVDD) at 0.05 Tesla via Deep Learning
Junhao Zhang, Yujiao Zhao, Vick Lau, Liubin Wu, Xuehong Lin, Jiahao Hu, Ye Ding, Shi Su, The University of HongKong; Kay Chioma Igwe, Andrew Laine, Columbia University; Chunyi Wen, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Alex T.L. Leong, Ed X. Wu, The University of HongKong
Thu, 30 Jul, 10:45 - 11:00

Th.2.3.3: AUTOMATED DETECTION, BONE-LEVEL LOCALIZATION, AND STRUCTURED REPORTING OF DIABETIC FOOT OSTEOMYELITIS ON PLAIN RADIOGRAPHS
Syed Qasim Abbas, Sajib Saha, Hang Min, Maryam Mehdizadeh, Janardhan Vignarajan, CSIRO; Ashu Gupta, Fiona Stanley Hospital; Shaun Frost, Aaron Nicolson, Jason Dowling, CSIRO
Thu, 30 Jul, 11:00 - 11:15

Th.2.3.4: DEEP LEARNING REGRESSION FOR AUTOMATED DDH METRIC PREDICTION IN PEDIATRIC HIP ULTRASOUND
Adam McArthur, Abhilash Hareendranathan, Jacob Jaremko, University of Alberta
Thu, 30 Jul, 11:15 - 11:30

Th.2.3.5: Temporal-Signal-Guided Lumbar Spine Segmentation and Semi-Quantitative Features Extraction in DCE-MRI for Multiple Myeloma
Huajun Sun, Nantes University; Bastien Jamet, CHU de Nantes; Nasrin Taheri, Nantes University; Said Moussaoui, Centrale Nantes; Françoise Kraeber-Bodere, Philippe Moreau, Cyrille Touzeau, CHU de Nantes; Aurelien Monnet, Siemens; Thomas Carlier, Hatem Necib, Nantes University
Thu, 30 Jul, 11:30 - 11:45

Th.2.3.6: BONE ANOMALY IDENTIFICATION AND LOCALIZATION FROM MUSCULOSKELETAL X-RAY IMAGES USING HYBRID DENSENET-VISION TRANSFORMERS
Divya Bhatia, Aparna Kanakatte, Rupsha Mukherjee, Murali Poduval, Avik Ghose, Tata Consultancy Services Limited