The RSNA Lumbar Degenerative Imaging Spine Classification (LumbarDISC) Dataset
This dataset facilitates research in machine learning for lumbar spine imaging to improve patient care and clinical efficiency, but it is incremental as it primarily provides new data rather than novel methods.
The RSNA LumbarDISC dataset is the largest publicly available MRI dataset for adult lumbar spine degenerative changes, with 2,697 patients and 8,593 image series from multiple institutions, created for a competition to develop deep learning models for grading stenosis.
The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Lumbar Degenerative Imaging Spine Classification (LumbarDISC) dataset is the largest publicly available dataset of adult MRI lumbar spine examinations annotated for degenerative changes. The dataset includes 2,697 patients with a total of 8,593 image series from 8 institutions across 6 countries and 5 continents. The dataset is available for free for non-commercial use via Kaggle and RSNA Medical Imaging Resource of AI (MIRA). The dataset was created for the RSNA 2024 Lumbar Spine Degenerative Classification competition where competitors developed deep learning models to grade degenerative changes in the lumbar spine. The degree of spinal canal, subarticular recess, and neural foraminal stenosis was graded at each intervertebral disc level in the lumbar spine. The images were annotated by expert volunteer neuroradiologists and musculoskeletal radiologists from the RSNA, American Society of Neuroradiology, and the American Society of Spine Radiology. This dataset aims to facilitate research and development in machine learning and lumbar spine imaging to lead to improved patient care and clinical efficiency.