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In order to realize the above-mentioned goal, an algorithm employed automated image-matching as the first step, followed by the normalization of clinical images and the determination of the 11-element dataset to which all scans in the series were allocated. This allowed for a delineation of the average feature vector for the teaching group in the next step, which automated and streamlined known fuzzy segmentation methods (fuzzy c-means (FCM), fuzzy connectedness (FC)). These averaged features were then transmitted to the FCM and FC methods, which were implemented for the testing group and correspondingly for each scan. In this approach, two features are important: the centroids (which become starting points for the fuzzy methods) and the surface area of the extracted bone structure (protects against over-segmentation). 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