Fig.Ā 1From: Evaluation of an automated thresholding algorithm for the quantification of paraspinal muscle composition from MRI imagesA sample MRI image at L4āL5 and the processed image after each step of the algorithm; a the original MRI image, b adaptive equalized algorithm image, c adjusted contrast image, d the select area, e the cropped area of the selected ROI, f the resulted binary image from automated algorithm (left) and manual thresholding technique (right)Back to article page