Deep-learning-based scoring for inflammatory lesions using SPARCC system

Our work proposed a work pipeline to automatic score the inflammatory lesion based on the SPARCC scoring system. This pipeline included the reference vessel intensity set-up, template-based registration, and lesion detection with scoring. With this pipeline, a time-saving and objective scoring method based on SPARCC scoring system could be achieved and widely applied to AS patient management. Our result showed reasonable performance for score-2 and score-3 lesions demonstrating the deep learning initial capacity of performing the SPARCC scoring.