Review of radiological scoring methods of osteoporotic vertebral fractures for clinical and research settings

European Radiology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 476-486

  Oei, Ling ^a,b   Rivadeneira, Fernando ^a,b   Ly, Felisia ^a   Breda, Stephan J ^a   Zillikens, M Carola ^a,b   Hofman, Albert ^a,b   Uitterlinden, André G ^a,b   Krestin, Gabriel P ^a   Oei, Edwin H G ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Netherlands Genomics Initiative   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Epidemiologic Studies; Osteoporosis; Radiography; Vertebral Fracture

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORPHOMETRICS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FRACTURE; VERTEBRA BODY;

EID: 84878164957     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-012-2622-z     Document Type: Article

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