CoLumbo Features 

Related pathologies and other findings include herniation (and its size, location, and possible descending and/or ascending migration), protrusion and extrusion herniation modifiers, nerve root impingement, dural sac compression, central spinal stenosis – Schizas and Lee morphological graidng, antero and retro – spondylolisthesis, symmetrical and asymmetrical bulging, hypo- and hyper-lordosis, reduced disk height, reduced vertebral body height, axial foraminal size, osteophites, fat infiltration in muscle tissue, lipomathosis, and lateral recess stenosis. Tissue boundaries are level labels, vertebral body, other parts of the vertebra, disc, herniated part of the disk, dural sac, nerve roots, and ligamentum flavum. Measurements performed include size of herniation, herniation circumference, herniation location score, protrusion AP size, extrusion AP/CC/LR size, migration size, nerve root impingement score, dural sac area and stenotic ratio, spinal canal AP diameter, listhesis percentage and grade, L1S1/L1L5/L1L4 lordotic angles, bulging size, bulging circumference, bulging symmetry score, disc height (anterior, middle, posterior) and ratios, vertebral body height (anterior, middle, posterior), intervertebral angles, facet joint thickness size, face joint angle, pseudolisthesis slippage, and foraminal stenosis clearance size dural sac brightness and contrast coefficien. Report languages supported are English, Bulgarian, French, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, German, Romanian, and Polish.

LIST OF COLUMBO FEATURES

RELATED PATHOLOGIES AND OTHER FINDINGS:

  • HERNIATION AND ITS SIZE, LOCATION AND POSSIBLE DESCENDING AND/OR ASCENDING MIGRATION
  • PROTRUSION AND EXTRUSION HERNIATION MODIFIERS
  • NERVE ROOT IMPINGEMENT
  • DURAL SAC COMPRESSION
  • CENTRAL SPINAL STENOSIS – SCHIZAS AND LEE MORPHOLOGICAL GRAIDNG
  • ANTERO AND RETRO – SPONDYLOLISTHESIS
  • SYMMETRICAL AND ASYMMETRICAL BULGING
  • HYPO AND HYPER-LORDOSIS
  • REDUCED DISK HEIGHT
  • REDUCED VERTEBRAL BODY HEIGHT
  • AXIAL FORAMINAL SIZE
  • OSTEOPHITES
  • FAT INFILTRATION IN MUSCLE TISSUE
  • LIPOMATHOSIS
  • LATERAL RECESS STENOSIS

TISSUE BOUNDARIES:

  • LEVEL LABELS
  • VERTEBRAL BODY
  • OTHER PARTS OF THE VERTEBRA
  • DISC
  • HERNIATED PART OF THE DISK
  • DURAL SAC
  • NERVE ROOTS
  • LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM

MEASUREMENTS PERFORMED:

  • SIZE OF HERNIATION
  • HERNIATION CIRCUMFERENCE
  • HERNIATION LOCATION SCORE
  • PROTRUSION AP SIZE
  • EXTRUSION AP, CC, LR SIZE
  • MIGRATION SIZE
  • NERVE ROOT IMPINGEMENT SCORE
  • DURAL SAC AREA AND STENOTIC RATIO
  • SPINAL CANAL AP DIAMETER
  • LISTHESIS PERCENTAGE AND GRADE
  • L1S1, L1L5 AND L1L4 LORDOTIC ANGLES
  • BULGING SIZE
  • BULGING CIRCUMFERENCE
  • BULGING SYMMETRY SCORE
  • DISC HEIGHT (ANTERIOR, MIDDLE, POSTERIOR) AND RATIOS
  • VERTEBRAL BODY HEIGHT (ANTERIOR, MIDDLE, POSTERIOR)
  • INTERVERTEBRAL ANGLES
  • FACET JOINT THICKNESS SIZE
  • FACE JOINT ANGLE
  • PSEUDOLISTHESIS SLIPPAGE
  • FORAMINAL STENOSIS CLEARANCE SIZE DURAL SAC BRIGHTNESS AND CONTRAST COEFFICIEN

REPORT LANGUAGES:

  • ENGLISH
  • BULGARIAN
  • FRENCH
  • DUTCH
  • SPANISH
  • ITALIAN
  • GERMAN
  • ROMANIAN
  • POLISH