Prevalence of thoracolumbar vertebral fractures on multidetector CT. Underreporting by radiologists

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 555-559

  Bartalena, Tommaso ^a   Giannelli, Giovanni ^a   Rinaldi, Maria Francesca ^a   Rimondi, Eugenio ^b   Rinaldi, Giovanni ^a   Sverzellati, Nicola ^c   Gavelli, Giampaolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Multidetector CT; Osteoporosis; Vertebral fractures

Indexed keywords

DATA-SETS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MEAN AGES; MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS; MULTI DETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES; MULTIDETECTOR CT; MULTIPLE FRACTURES; OSTEOPOROSIS; OSTEOPOROTIC; THIN SECTIONS; VERTEBRAL BODIES; VERTEBRAL FRACTURES; VISUAL INSPECTIONS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; RADIATION; RADIOLOGY; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

FRACTURE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREVALENCE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62849120413     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2007.11.036     Document Type: Article

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