Preface -- Clinical Imaging and Applications -- Imaging of the Spine: A Medical and Physical Perspective, by Joseph Burns -- Arthritis of the Spine, by Runsheng Wang, Michael Ward -- Osteoporosis, by Thomas Baum et al. -- Image Processing -- Computer aided detection of bone metastases in the thoracolumbar spine, by Jianhua Yao -- Quantitative Monitoring of Bone Formation in Ankylosing Spondylitis Using Computed Tomography, by Sovira Tan -- Three-dimensional Spine Reconstruction from Radiographs, by Samuel Kadoury -- Vertebral Column Localization, Segmentation, and Labeling, by V. Chaudhary -- Automated Determination of the Spine-Based Coordinate System for an Efficient Cross-Sectional Visualization of 3D Spine Images, by Tomaz Vrtovec -- Cross-Modality Vertebrae Localization and Labeling using Learning-Based Approaches, by Yiqiang Zhan, Bing Jian, Maneesh Dewan, Xiang Sean Zhou -- Articulated Statistical Shape Models of the Spine, by J. Boisvert -- Reconstruction of 3D Vertebral Model from A Single 2D Lateral Fluoroscopic Image, by Guoyan Zheng and Lutz-P. Nolte -- Graphical Model-based Vertebral Identification from X-ray Images, by Xiao Dong and Guoyan Zheng -- Model-Based Segmentation, Reconstruction and Analysis of the Vertebral Body from Spinal CT, by Melih Aslan, Ahmed Shalaby, Asem Ali, and Aly A. Farag -- Image Guided Spine Intervention -- Toward Virtual Modeling and Templating for Enhanced Spine Surgery Planning, by Cristian Linte, David Holmes -- Automated Determination of the Spine-Based Coordinate System for an Efficient Cross-Sectional Visualization of 3D Spine Images, by Tamas Ungi, Andras Lasso, Gabor Fitchinger -- Robotic Assistance and Intervention in Spine Surgery, by Rajesh Kumar -- Index.