Correction to: Automated measurement of bone scan index from a whole-body bone scintigram.

The article Automated measurement of bone scan index from a whole-body bone scintigram.

Automated measurement of bone scan index from a whole-body bone scintigram.

Purpose: We propose a deep learning-based image interpretation system for skeleton segmentation and extraction of hot spots of bone metastatic lesion from a whole-body bone scintigram followed by automated measurement of a bone scan index (BSI), which will be clinically useful.

Methods: The proposed system employs butterfly-type networks (BtrflyNets) for skeleton segmentation and extraction of hot spots of bone metastatic lesions, in which a pair of anterior and posterior images are processed simultaneously. BSI is then measured using the segmented bones and extracted hot spots.