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  "id": 508154,
  "title": "Welcome from RSNA",
  "url": "/competitions/rsna-2024-lumbar-spine-degenerative-classification/discussion/508154",
  "author_name": "Chris Carr",
  "post_date": "2024-05-28T12:39:11.059000",
  "votes": 37,
  "comment_count": 31,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>On behalf of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), welcome to the Lumbar Spine Degenerative Classification Challenge, the latest in a series of challenges RSNA has conducted to promote research in the application of AI to medical imaging.</p>\n<p>The competition dataset includes more than 2,500 magnetic resonance imaging studies from eight sites on five continents. It has been annotated by a group of more than 50 expert radiologists recruited by the American Society of Neuroradiology. </p>\n<p>This is a complex challenge, requiring participants to predict the presence and severity of a set of degenerative conditions at each vertebral level of the lumbar spine. In effect, you will try to duplicate the performance of expert radiologists in diagnosing these conditions.</p>\n<p>There is a great deal of excitement about the use of AI in medical imaging with new tools being approved and implemented at a rapid pace. The launch of this challenge was announced to a receptive audience at the ASNR meeting on May 20, and the winners will be acknowledged at an event during the RSNA annual meeting, the world’s largest gathering of radiologists, in Chicago in early December.</p>\n<p>We are very grateful for the work you put into advancing the state of the art through your participation in the competition. Good luck!</p>",
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    {
      "id": 2841179,
      "postDate": "2024-05-28T12:39:11.060Z",
      "content": "<p>On behalf of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), welcome to the Lumbar Spine Degenerative Classification Challenge, the latest in a series of challenges RSNA has conducted to promote research in the application of AI to medical imaging.</p>\n<p>The competition dataset includes more than 2,500 magnetic resonance imaging studies from eight sites on five continents. It has been annotated by a group of more than 50 expert radiologists recruited by the American Society of Neuroradiology. </p>\n<p>This is a complex challenge, requiring participants to predict the presence and severity of a set of degenerative conditions at each vertebral level of the lumbar spine. In effect, you will try to duplicate the performance of expert radiologists in diagnosing these conditions.</p>\n<p>There is a great deal of excitement about the use of AI in medical imaging with new tools being approved and implemented at a rapid pace. The launch of this challenge was announced to a receptive audience at the ASNR meeting on May 20, and the winners will be acknowledged at an event during the RSNA annual meeting, the world’s largest gathering of radiologists, in Chicago in early December.</p>\n<p>We are very grateful for the work you put into advancing the state of the art through your participation in the competition. Good luck!</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "On behalf of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), welcome to the Lumbar Spine Degenerative Classification Challenge, the latest in a series of challenges RSNA has conducted to promote research in the application of AI to medical imaging.\n\nThe competition dataset includes more than 2,500 magnetic resonance imaging studies from eight sites on five continents. It has been annotated by a group of more than 50 expert radiologists recruited by the American Society of Neuroradiology. \n\nThis is a complex challenge, requiring participants to predict the presence and severity of a set of degenerative conditions at each vertebral level of the lumbar spine. In effect, you will try to duplicate the performance of expert radiologists in diagnosing these conditions.\n\nThere is a great deal of excitement about the use of AI in medical imaging with new tools being approved and implemented at a rapid pace. The launch of this challenge was announced to a receptive audience at the ASNR meeting on May 20, and the winners will be acknowledged at an event during the RSNA annual meeting, the world’s largest gathering of radiologists, in Chicago in early December.\n\nWe are very grateful for the work you put into advancing the state of the art through your participation in the competition. Good luck!\n",
      "votes": 37
    },
    {
      "id": 2920208,
      "postDate": "2024-07-13T14:01:51.263Z",
      "content": "<p>Can this competitions' dataset be used later for publishing a research paper?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Can this competitions' dataset be used later for publishing a research paper?",
      "votes": 3,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 2934764,
          "postDate": "2024-07-24T17:58:33.587Z",
          "content": "<p>Please review Section B.7 of the Rules as it describes how you can use the data. </p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "Please review Section B.7 of the Rules as it describes how you can use the data. ",
          "votes": 1,
          "replies": [
            {
              "id": 2999022,
              "postDate": "2024-09-26T09:51:44.183Z",
              "content": "<p>Thank you!</p>",
              "rawMarkdown": "Thank you!"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 3007981,
      "postDate": "2024-10-06T04:09:03.207Z",
      "content": "<p>Will the private data set be released after the game？</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Will the private data set be released after the game？"
    },
    {
      "id": 3003390,
      "postDate": "2024-10-01T01:02:56.067Z",
      "content": "<p>可以得感觉挺不错的！！！！</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "可以得感觉挺不错的！！！！"
    },
    {
      "id": 2997086,
      "postDate": "2024-09-24T08:26:57.317Z",
      "content": "<p>Can I use this data for commercial purposes?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Can I use this data for commercial purposes?"
    },
    {
      "id": 2988918,
      "postDate": "2024-09-14T11:12:03.890Z",
      "content": "<p>Hello,<br>\nWhy in each subfolder we have number of .dcm file that are identical ?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hello,\nWhy in each subfolder we have number of .dcm file that are identical ?\n"
    },
    {
      "id": 2982625,
      "postDate": "2024-09-08T03:33:41.303Z",
      "content": "<p>looks good! </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "looks good! \n"
    },
    {
      "id": 2980860,
      "postDate": "2024-09-06T08:17:43.723Z",
      "content": "<p>I am late to this, but will see what I can do with the remaining time.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I am late to this, but will see what I can do with the remaining time."
    },
    {
      "id": 2980496,
      "postDate": "2024-09-05T21:32:09.440Z",
      "content": "<p>This competition are highly intriguing. I am determined to secure a victory !!!!! 😁</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "This competition are highly intriguing. I am determined to secure a victory !!!!! 😁"
    },
    {
      "id": 2975164,
      "postDate": "2024-08-31T14:29:39.963Z",
      "content": "<p>This looks really interesting, looking forward to giving it a try.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "This looks really interesting, looking forward to giving it a try."
    },
    {
      "id": 2974076,
      "postDate": "2024-08-30T09:11:13.547Z",
      "content": "<p>looks really cool!</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "looks really cool!\n"
    },
    {
      "id": 2971181,
      "postDate": "2024-08-26T23:17:57.993Z",
      "content": "<p>Looking forward to do it !</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Looking forward to do it !"
    },
    {
      "id": 2962976,
      "postDate": "2024-08-18T08:26:53.083Z",
      "content": "<p>このコンペに貢献できるよう努力します。</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "このコンペに貢献できるよう努力します。"
    },
    {
      "id": 2951409,
      "postDate": "2024-08-08T16:03:30.120Z",
      "content": "<p>How many studies are available in the hidden test set</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "How many studies are available in the hidden test set"
    },
    {
      "id": 2926984,
      "postDate": "2024-07-18T07:17:09.923Z",
      "content": "<p>will work hard on it</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "will work hard on it"
    },
    {
      "id": 2919454,
      "postDate": "2024-07-12T21:53:55.723Z",
      "content": "<p>will contribute my 100%</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "will contribute my 100%"
    },
    {
      "id": 2915114,
      "postDate": "2024-07-10T10:40:42.093Z",
      "content": "<p>Are models under AGPL-3.0 License allowed to be used in this competition?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Are models under AGPL-3.0 License allowed to be used in this competition?",
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 2934781,
          "postDate": "2024-07-24T18:10:05.720Z",
          "content": "<p>The hosts confirmed that this license is allowed for this competition. </p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "The hosts confirmed that this license is allowed for this competition. ",
          "votes": 2,
          "replies": [
            {
              "id": 2934790,
              "postDate": "2024-07-24T18:20:27.253Z",
              "content": "<p>Thank you! :)</p>",
              "rawMarkdown": "Thank you! :)"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 2883128,
      "postDate": "2024-06-21T18:14:31.610Z",
      "content": "<p>Excited to make contributions in this project </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Excited to make contributions in this project "
    },
    {
      "id": 2856925,
      "postDate": "2024-06-05T16:08:41.867Z",
      "content": "<p>Hello, can under 18 prodigies participate with parental consent?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hello, can under 18 prodigies participate with parental consent?",
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 2857560,
          "postDate": "2024-06-06T01:18:37.913Z",
          "content": "<p>if you are, you are.</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "if you are, you are."
        },
        {
          "id": 2858846,
          "postDate": "2024-06-06T17:03:02.460Z",
          "content": "<p>Check Here : <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/rsna-2024-lumbar-spine-degenerative-classification/rules\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/rsna-2024-lumbar-spine-degenerative-classification/rules</a></p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "Check Here : https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/rsna-2024-lumbar-spine-degenerative-classification/rules\n\n",
          "replies": [
            {
              "id": 2858852,
              "postDate": "2024-06-06T17:09:59.243Z",
              "content": "<p>It says:<br>\n  Eligible: the older of 18 years old or the age of majority in your jurisdiction of residence (unless otherwise agreed to by Competition Sponsor and appropriate parental/guardian consents have been obtained by Competition Sponsor);</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/cdcarr\" target=\"_blank\">@cdcarr</a> Do you agree?</p>",
              "rawMarkdown": "It says:\n  Eligible: the older of 18 years old or the age of majority in your jurisdiction of residence (unless otherwise agreed to by Competition Sponsor and appropriate parental/guardian consents have been obtained by Competition Sponsor);\n\n@cdcarr Do you agree?"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": 2870920,
          "postDate": "2024-06-13T21:44:01.370Z",
          "content": "<p>We have checked with the host and they have agreed to let participants under 18 participate in this competition. Please make sure that your legal guardian fills out <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/consent-minors-process\" target=\"_blank\">this form</a> with the name of this competition. </p>\n<p>Also, make sure that your guardian has filled out <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/guardian-consent-minor-use\" target=\"_blank\">this form</a> that authorizes minors to open a Kaggle account. These two forms are required for participation. </p>\n<p>Best of luck!</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "We have checked with the host and they have agreed to let participants under 18 participate in this competition. Please make sure that your legal guardian fills out [this form](https://www.kaggle.com/consent-minors-process) with the name of this competition. \n\nAlso, make sure that your guardian has filled out [this form](https://www.kaggle.com/guardian-consent-minor-use) that authorizes minors to open a Kaggle account. These two forms are required for participation. \n\nBest of luck!",
          "votes": 3
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 2893137,
      "postDate": "2024-06-27T16:49:23.413Z",
      "rawMarkdown": "",
      "isDeleted": true
    },
    {
      "id": 2883802,
      "postDate": "2024-06-22T06:32:32.313Z",
      "rawMarkdown": "",
      "isDeleted": true
    },
    {
      "id": 3001815,
      "postDate": "2024-09-29T09:53:09.287Z",
      "content": "<p>Thank you very much!</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Thank you very much!"
    },
    {
      "id": 2993760,
      "postDate": "2024-09-20T08:01:53.423Z",
      "content": "<p>Thank you very much </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Thank you very much "
    },
    {
      "id": 2987315,
      "postDate": "2024-09-12T15:19:03.420Z",
      "content": "<p>Thank you very much</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Thank you very much"
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 2920208,
      "author_name": "VDevPar",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2024-07-13T14:01:51.263000",
      "content": "<p>Can this competitions' dataset be used later for publishing a research paper?</p>",
      "votes": 3,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 2934764,
          "author_name": "Maggie",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2024-07-24T17:58:33.587000",
          "content": "<p>Please review Section B.7 of the Rules as it describes how you can use the data. </p>",
          "votes": 1,
          "replies": [
            {
              "id": 2999022,
              "author_name": "Jinu Nyachhyon",
              "author_url": "",
              "post_date": "2024-09-26T09:51:44.183000",
              "content": "<p>Thank you!</p>",
              "votes": 0,
              "replies": []
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 3007981,
      "author_name": "Chaoping Tian",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2024-10-06T04:09:03.207000",
      "content": "<p>Will the private data set be released after the game？</p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 3003390,
      "author_name": "luoyujie0720",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2024-10-01T01:02:56.067000",
      "content": "<p>可以得感觉挺不错的！！！！</p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 2997086,
      "author_name": "",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2024-09-24T08:26:57.317000",
      "content": "<p>Can I use this data for commercial purposes?</p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 2988918,
      "author_name": "GREENPY",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2024-09-14T11:12:03.890000",
      "content": "<p>Hello,<br>\nWhy in each subfolder we have number of .dcm file that are identical ?</p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 2982625,
      "author_name": "嶋倉大吾",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2024-09-08T03:33:41.303000",
      "content": "<p>looks good! </p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 2980860,
      "author_name": "simMCC",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2024-09-06T08:17:43.723000",
      "content": "<p>I am late to this, but will see what I can do with the remaining time.</p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 2980496,
      "author_name": "SALAH EDDINE EL KHIRANI",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2024-09-05T21:32:09.440000",
      "content": "<p>This competition are highly intriguing. I am determined to secure a victory !!!!! 😁</p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 2975164,
      "author_name": "Gramath",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2024-08-31T14:29:39.963000",
      "content": "<p>This looks really interesting, looking forward to giving it a try.</p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 2974076,
      "author_name": "Stephen Yao",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2024-08-30T09:11:13.547000",
      "content": "<p>looks really cool!</p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 2971181,
      "author_name": "Bryce Chen",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2024-08-26T23:17:57.993000",
      "content": "<p>Looking forward to do it !</p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 2962976,
      "author_name": "Hayashi Mizuki",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2024-08-18T08:26:53.083000",
      "content": "<p>このコンペに貢献できるよう努力します。</p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 2951409,
      "author_name": "Suman Kumar Gangopadhyay",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2024-08-08T16:03:30.120000",
      "content": "<p>How many studies are available in the hidden test set</p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 2926984,
      "author_name": "Cathyyyluo",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2024-07-18T07:17:09.923000",
      "content": "<p>will work hard on it</p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 2919454,
      "author_name": "RISHAV RAJ Verma",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2024-07-12T21:53:55.723000",
      "content": "<p>will contribute my 100%</p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 2915114,
      "author_name": "Rasoul Mojtahedzadeh",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2024-07-10T10:40:42.093000",
      "content": "<p>Are models under AGPL-3.0 License allowed to be used in this competition?</p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 2934781,
          "author_name": "Maggie",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2024-07-24T18:10:05.720000",
          "content": "<p>The hosts confirmed that this license is allowed for this competition. </p>",
          "votes": 2,
          "replies": [
            {
              "id": 2934790,
              "author_name": "Rasoul Mojtahedzadeh",
              "author_url": "",
              "post_date": "2024-07-24T18:20:27.253000",
              "content": "<p>Thank you! :)</p>",
              "votes": 0,
              "replies": []
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 2883128,
      "author_name": "Yash Wardhan Singh Thakur",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2024-06-21T18:14:31.610000",
      "content": "<p>Excited to make contributions in this project </p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 2856925,
      "author_name": "Devsya ",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2024-06-05T16:08:41.867000",
      "content": "<p>Hello, can under 18 prodigies participate with parental consent?</p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 2857560,
          "author_name": "Exalted Joseph",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2024-06-06T01:18:37.913000",
          "content": "<p>if you are, you are.</p>",
          "votes": 0,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 2858846,
          "author_name": "Masavarapu Appala Naidu",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2024-06-06T17:03:02.460000",
          "content": "<p>Check Here : <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/rsna-2024-lumbar-spine-degenerative-classification/rules\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/rsna-2024-lumbar-spine-degenerative-classification/rules</a></p>",
          "votes": 0,
          "replies": [
            {
              "id": 2858852,
              "author_name": "Devsya ",
              "author_url": "",
              "post_date": "2024-06-06T17:09:59.243000",
              "content": "<p>It says:<br>\n  Eligible: the older of 18 years old or the age of majority in your jurisdiction of residence (unless otherwise agreed to by Competition Sponsor and appropriate parental/guardian consents have been obtained by Competition Sponsor);</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/cdcarr\" target=\"_blank\">@cdcarr</a> Do you agree?</p>",
              "votes": 0,
              "replies": []
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": 2870920,
          "author_name": "Maggie",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2024-06-13T21:44:01.370000",
          "content": "<p>We have checked with the host and they have agreed to let participants under 18 participate in this competition. Please make sure that your legal guardian fills out <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/consent-minors-process\" target=\"_blank\">this form</a> with the name of this competition. </p>\n<p>Also, make sure that your guardian has filled out <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/guardian-consent-minor-use\" target=\"_blank\">this form</a> that authorizes minors to open a Kaggle account. These two forms are required for participation. </p>\n<p>Best of luck!</p>",
          "votes": 3,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 2893137,
      "author_name": "",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2024-06-27T16:49:23.413000",
      "content": "",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 2883802,
      "author_name": "",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2024-06-22T06:32:32.313000",
      "content": "",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 3001815,
      "author_name": "Alexey Martynushkin",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2024-09-29T09:53:09.287000",
      "content": "<p>Thank you very much!</p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 2993760,
      "author_name": "T41K1",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2024-09-20T08:01:53.423000",
      "content": "<p>Thank you very much </p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 2987315,
      "author_name": "pokotarou",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2024-09-12T15:19:03.420000",
      "content": "<p>Thank you very much</p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": []
    }
  ],
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    "2841179": "On behalf of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), welcome to the Lumbar Spine Degenerative Classification Challenge, the latest in a series of challenges RSNA has conducted to promote research in the application of AI to medical imaging.\n\nThe competition dataset includes more than 2,500 magnetic resonance imaging studies from eight sites on five continents. It has been annotated by a group of more than 50 expert radiologists recruited by the American Society of Neuroradiology. \n\nThis is a complex challenge, requiring participants to predict the presence and severity of a set of degenerative conditions at each vertebral level of the lumbar spine. In effect, you will try to duplicate the performance of expert radiologists in diagnosing these conditions.\n\nThere is a great deal of excitement about the use of AI in medical imaging with new tools being approved and implemented at a rapid pace. The launch of this challenge was announced to a receptive audience at the ASNR meeting on May 20, and the winners will be acknowledged at an event during the RSNA annual meeting, the world’s largest gathering of radiologists, in Chicago in early December.\n\nWe are very grateful for the work you put into advancing the state of the art through your participation in the competition. Good luck!\n",
    "2920208": "Can this competitions' dataset be used later for publishing a research paper?",
    "3007981": "Will the private data set be released after the game？",
    "3003390": "可以得感觉挺不错的！！！！",
    "2997086": "Can I use this data for commercial purposes?",
    "2988918": "Hello,\nWhy in each subfolder we have number of .dcm file that are identical ?\n",
    "2982625": "looks good! \n",
    "2980860": "I am late to this, but will see what I can do with the remaining time.",
    "2980496": "This competition are highly intriguing. I am determined to secure a victory !!!!! 😁",
    "2975164": "This looks really interesting, looking forward to giving it a try.",
    "2974076": "looks really cool!\n",
    "2971181": "Looking forward to do it !",
    "2962976": "このコンペに貢献できるよう努力します。",
    "2951409": "How many studies are available in the hidden test set",
    "2926984": "will work hard on it",
    "2919454": "will contribute my 100%",
    "2915114": "Are models under AGPL-3.0 License allowed to be used in this competition?",
    "2883128": "Excited to make contributions in this project ",
    "2856925": "Hello, can under 18 prodigies participate with parental consent?",
    "2893137": "",
    "2883802": "",
    "3001815": "Thank you very much!",
    "2993760": "Thank you very much ",
    "2987315": "Thank you very much"
  }
}