Under-reporting of osteoporotic vertebral fractures on computed tomography

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 179-183

  Williams, Alexandra L ^a   Al Busaidi, Aisha ^a   Sparrow, Patrick J ^a   Adams, Judith E ^a,b   Whitehouse, Richard W ^a  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Osteoporosis; Spinal fractures; Spir computed; Tomography

Indexed keywords

AXIAL IMAGES; CHEST RADIOGRAPHS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES; CT IMAGES; CT SCANNERS; CT SCANS; DETECTION RATES; FRACTURE RISKS; GENERAL ELECTRICS; MEAN AGES; MORPHOLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS; OSTEOPOROSIS; OSTEOPOROTIC; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; QUANTITATIVE METHODS; SLICE THICKNESSES; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPIR COMPUTED; VERTEBRAL FRACTURES; VOLUME IMAGES;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MEDICAL IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY;

FRACTURE;

IOHEXOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; SPINAL FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 58149502894     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2007.08.028     Document Type: Article

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