whoa this is super cool
applying gaussian splatting to MRI imaging 👀
spinal MRI slices a radiologist gets often don't cut through the anatomy at the ideal angle
the authors build a volumetric reconstruction from sparse scans, then re-render fresh imaging planes aligned to whatever anatomy matters for the diagnosis.
feeding those resampled views into a grading model gives more accurate severity grades for spinal stenosis (narrowing of spinal canal, leads to disability) than either the raw scans or standard voxel interpolation