Stanford
Neuromuscular Insight Lab

Publications

2025

  • Enamundram NK, Valošek J, Farner L, Pfyffer D, Schading-Sassenhausen S, Lebret A, David D, Smith AC, Weber II KA, Seif M, RHSCIR Network Imaging Group, Freund P, Cohen-Adad J. SCIsegV2: A Universal Tool for Segmentation of Intramedullary Lesions in Spinal Cord Injury, International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI), In Press.
  • Muhammad F, Weber II KA, Haynes G, Smith ZA. Semi-automated Pipeline for Structural Analysis of Compressed Spinal Cord in DCM, Neurosurgery Practice, In Press.
  • Kim B, Gandomkar Z, Wesselink EO, Seitz AL, McKay MJ, Cass B, Young AA, Linklater JM, Szajer J, Subbiah K, Elliott JM, Weber II KA. Developing a three-dimensional convolutional neural network for automated full volume multi-tissue segmentation of the shoulder with comparisons to Goutallier classification and partial volume muscle quality analysis, Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, In Press.
  • Bédard S, Enamundram NK, Tsagkas C, Pravatà E, Granziera C, Smith A, Weber II KA, Cohen-Adad J. Towards Contrast-Agnostic Segmentation of the Spinal Cord, Medical Image Analysis, In Press.
  • Smith AC, Morey C, Thornton WA, Connor JR, Pfyffer D, Weber II KA, Will K, Tefertiller C. Responsiveness to Transcutaneous Spinal Stimulation for Upper Extremity Recovery following Spinal Cord Injury: A Case Series Exploration of Midsagittal Tissue Bridges, The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, In Press.
  • Anderson DB, Beach AJ, Chen L, Feng HJ, McKay MJ, Smith ZA, Weber II KA, Evert Onno Wesselink EEO, Elliott JM. What is Normal Age-Related Thigh Muscle Composition Among 45- to 84-year-Old Adults from the UK Biobank Study, GeroScience, In Press.
  • Thornton WA, Smulligan K, Weber II KA, Tefertiller C, Mañago M, Sevigny M, Wiley L, Stevens-Lapsley J, Smith AC. Lesion characteristics are associated with bowel, bladder, and overall independence following cervical spinal cord injury, The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, In Press.
  • Smith AC, Muñoz-Laguna J, Wesselink EO, Scott ZE, Jenkins H, Thornton W, Connor J, Delp S, Chaudhari A, Parrish TB, Mackey S, Elliott JM, Weber II KA. Leg Muscle Health and Force Generation: Insights from a Computer-Vision Model and Fat-Water MRI, Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, 2025;16(1):e13735.
  • Falasinnu T, Hossain B, Weber K, Ehsan K, Mackey S. The Problem of Pain in the United States: Evaluating the Generalizability of High-Impact Chronic Pain Models Over Time Using NHIS Data, BMJ Public Health, 2025;3(1):e001628.
  • Mackey S, Aghaeepour N, Gaudilliere B, Merve K, Lannon E, Pfyffer D, Weber K. Innovations in Acute and Chronic Pain Biomarkers: Enhancing Diagnosis and Personalized Therapy, Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine, 2025;50(2):110-120.
  • Weber II KA, Wesselink EO, Gutierrez J, Law CSW, Mackey S, Ratliff J, Hu S, Chaudhari AS, Pool-Goudzwaard A, Coppieters MW, Elliott JM, Hancock M, De Leener B. Three-Dimensional Spatial Distribution of Lumbar Paraspinal Intramuscular Fat Revealed by Spatial Parametric Mapping, European Spine Journal, 2025;34(1):27-35.
  • Wesselink EO, Hides J, Elliott JM, Hoggarth M, Weber II KA, Salomoni SE, Tran V, Lindsay K, Hughes L, Weber T, Scott J, Caplan N, De Martino E. New insights into the impact of bed rest on lumbopelvic muscles: A computer-vision model approach to intramuscular lipid concentration changes, Journal of Applied Physiology, 2025;138(1):157-68.
  • Enamundram NK, Valosek J, Smith AC, Pfyffer D, Schading-Sassenhausen S, Farner L, Weber II KA, Freund P, Cohen-Adad J. SCIseg: Automatic Segmentation of Intramedullary Lesions in Spinal Cord Injury on T2-weighted MRI Scans, Radiology AI, 2025;7(1):e240005.

2024

  • Stewart C, Wesselink EO, Perraton Z, Weber II KA, King MG, Kemp JL, Mentiplay BF, Crossley KM, Elliott JM, Heerey JJ, Scholes MJ, Lawrenson PR, Calabrese C, Semciw AI. Muscle fat and volume differences in people with hip-related pain compared to controls: A machine learning approach, Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, 2024;15(6):2642-2650.
  • Haynes G, Muhammad F, Weber 2nd KA, Khan AF, Hameed S, Shakir H, Rohan M, Dhaher Y, Ding L, Smith ZA. Tract-Specific Magnetization Transfer Ratio Provides Insights into the Severity of Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy, Spinal Cord, 2024;62(12):700-707.
  • McKay MJ, Weber II KA, Wesselink E, Smith ZA, Abbott R, …, Walton DM, Wishart LR, Elliott JM. MuscleMap: An Open-Source, Community-Supported Consortium for Whole-Body Quantitative MRI of Muscle, Journal of Imaging, 2024;10(11):262.
  • Elliott JM, Wesselink EO, Crawford RJ, Cornwall J, McKay M, Smith Z, Weber 2nd KA. Artificial Intelligence in Spine and Paraspinal Muscle Analysis, Adv Exp Med Biol, 2024;1462:465-473.
  • Muhammad F, Weber KA, Bédard S, Haynes G, Smith L, Khan AF, Hameed S, Gray K, McGovern K, Rohan M, Ding L, Van Hal M, Douglas D, Al Tamimi M, Parrish TB, Dhaher Y, Smith ZA. Cervical Spinal Cord Morphometrics in Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: Quantification using Normalized Compression Technique and Correlation with Neurological Dysfunctions, The Spine Journal, 2024;24:2045-2057.
  • Muhammad F, Weber II KA, Rohan M, Smith ZA. Patterns of Cortical Thickness Alterations in Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: Associations with Dexterity and Gait Dysfunctions, Brain Communications, 2024;6:fcae279.
  • Snodgrass SJ, Weber II KA, Wesselink EO, Stanwell, Elliott JM. Reduced Cervical Muscle Fat Infiltrate is Associated with Self-Reported Recovery from Chronic Idiopathic Neck Pain over Six Months: A Magnetic Resonance Imaging Longitudinal Cohort Study, Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2024;13:4485.
  • Pfyffer D, Hothorn T, Smith AC, Weber II KA, Grillhoesl A, Mach O, Draganich C, Berliner JC, Tefertiller C, Leister I, Maier DD, Schwab JM, Thompson A, Curt A, Freund P. Prognostic value of injury-spared tissue bridges for neurologic recovery 3 months after cervical spinal cord injury: a longitudinal multicenter study, Lancet Neurology, 2024;23:816-825.
  • Smith AC, Ahmed RU, Weber II KA, Negahdar MJ, Gibson D, Rejc E, Boakye M. Spinal cord lesion MRI and behavioral outcomes in a miniature pig model of spinal cord injury: exploring preclinical potential through an ad hoc comparison with human SCI, Spinal Cord Series & Cases, 2024;10:44.
  • Smith AC, Draganich C, Thornton WA, Berliner JC, Sevigny M, Charlifue S, Tefertiller C, Weber II KA. Response to Letter to the Editor on A single dermatome clinical prediction rule for independent walking one year after spinal cord injury, Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2024;105:1411-1412.
  • Wesselink EO, Pool-Goudzwaard A, Law CSW, De Leener B, Fenyo MB, Ello GM, Coppieters MW, Elliott JM, Mackey S, Weber II KA. Investigating the Associations between Lumbar Paraspinal Muscle Health and Age, BMI, Sex, physical activity, and back pain using an automated computer-vision model: A UK Biobank study. Spine J, 2024;24:1253-1266.
  • Zhong YF, Dai YX, Li SP, Zhu KJ, Ran Y, Chen L, Ruan Y, Yu P, Li L, Li W, Xu CL, Sun X, Weber K, Kong DW, Yang F, Lin W, Chen J, Chen BL, Jiang H, Zhou YJ, Sheng B, Tian YZ, and Sun YL. Sagittal Balance Parameters Measurement on Cervical Spine MR Images Based on Superpixel Segmentation, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2024;12:1337808.
  • Alazzam AM, Balance WB, Smith AC, Rejc E, Weber II KA, Trainer R, Gorgey AS. Peak Slope Ratio of the Recruitment Curves Compared to Muscle Evoked Potentials to Optimize Standing Configurations with Percutaneous Epidural Stimulation after Spinal Cord Injury, Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2024;13:1344.
  • Wesselink EO Quantifying Lumbar Paraspinal Intramuscular Fat: Accuracy and Reliability of Automated Thresholding Models. Wesselink EO, Elliott JM, Pool-Goudzwaard A, Coppieters MW, Pevenage PP, Di Leva A, Weber II KA, North American Spine Society Journal, 2024:17:100313.
  • Kaptan M, Pfyffer P, Konstantopoulos CG, Law CSW, Weber II KA, Glover G, Mackey S. Recent developments and future avenues for human corticospinal neuroimaging, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2024:18:1339881.
  • Khan AF, Mohammadi E, Haynes G, Hameed S, Rohan M, Anderson DB, Weber KA 2nd, Muhammad F, Smith ZA. Evaluating tissue injury in cervical spondylotic myelopathy with spinal cord MRI: A Systematic Review, Eur Spine J, 2024;33:133-154.
  • Smith AC, Draganich C, Thornton WA, Berliner JC, Sevigny M, Charlifue S, Tefertiller C, Weber II KA. A single dermatome clinical prediction rule to predict independent walking one year after traumatic spinal cord injury, Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2024;105:10-19.
  • Perraton Z, Mosler AB, Lawrenson PR, Weber Ii K, Elliott JM, Wesselink EO, Crossley KM, Kemp JL, Stewart C, Girdwood M, King MG, Heerey JJ, Scholes MJ, Mentiplay BF, Semciw AI. The association between lateral hip muscle size/intramuscular fat infiltration and hip strength in active young adults with long standing hip/groin pain. Phys Ther Sport. 2024;65:95-101.