[HTML][HTML] The role of genetic and epigenetic factors in determining the risk of spinal fragility fractures: new insights in the management of spinal osteoporosis

V Himič, N Syrmos, GKI Ligarotti, S Kato… - … Imaging in Medicine …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Osteoporosis predisposes patients to spinal fragility fractures. Imaging plays a key role in the
diagnosis and prognostication of these osteoporotic vertebral fractures (OVF). However, the …

Revision of the 1994 World Health Organization T-score definition of osteoporosis for use in older East Asian women and men to reconcile it with their lifetime risk of …

YXJ Wáng, JF Griffith, GM Blake, D Diacinti, BH Xiao… - Skeletal Radiology, 2024 - Springer
The 1994 WHO criterion of a T-score≤-2.5 for densitometric osteoporosis was chosen
because it results in a prevalence commensurate with the observed lifetime risk of fragility …

[HTML][HTML] Estimations of bone mineral density defined osteoporosis prevalence and cutpoint T-score for defining osteoporosis among older Chinese population: a …

YXJ Wáng, BH Xiao - Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
This study estimated the bone mineral density (BMD) defined osteoporosis prevalence of
Chinese women and Chinese men aged≥ 50 years. The estimation was based on the 1994 …

Conversion of osteoporotic vertebral fracture severity score to osteoporosis T-score equivalent status: a framework and a comparative study of Hong Kong Chinese …

YXJ Wáng, D Diacinti, JCS Leung, A Iannacone… - Archives of …, 2022 - Springer
We explored how the severity of radiological osteoporotic vertebral fracture (OVF) can be
converted to the equivalent T-score values. Introduction To perform a study to define what …

A comparison of radiographic degeneration features of older Chinese women and older Italian Caucasian women with a focus on thoracic spine

YXJ Wáng, D Diacinti, A Iannacone, E Kripa… - Aging Clinical and …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Background Compared with Caucasians, East Asians have a lower incident of back
pain, lower prevalence and severity of osteoporotic vertebral fracture and lumbar spine …

[HTML][HTML] An update of our understanding of radiographic diagnostics for prevalent osteoporotic vertebral fracture in elderly women

YXJ Wáng - Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
© Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery. All rights reserved. Quant Imaging Med
Surg 2022; 12 (7): 3495-3514| https://dx. doi. org/10.21037/qims-22-360 and vertebral …

Generalizability of deep learning classification of spinal osteoporotic compression fractures on radiographs using an adaptation of the modified-2 algorithm-based …

Q Dong, G Luo, NE Lane, LY Lui, LM Marshall… - Academic …, 2023 - Elsevier
Rationale and Objectives Spinal osteoporotic compression fractures (OCFs) can be an early
biomarker for osteoporosis but are often subtle, incidental, and underreported. To ensure …

[HTML][HTML] A summary of our recent evidence-based works on radiographic diagnostics of prevalent osteoporotic vertebral fracture in older men and women

YXJ Wáng - Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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Surg 2023; 13 (3): 1264-1285| https://dx. doi. org/10.21037/qims-22-1411 collapsed, OVF …

Much lower prevalence and severity of spine degenerative changes among older Chinese women than among older Caucasian women and its implication for the …

YXJ Wáng, G Guglielmi, A Guermazi, TCY Kwok… - Skeletal Radiology, 2024 - Springer
The prevalence and severity of spine degenerative changes have been noted to be lower
among older Chinese women than among older Caucasian women. Spine degenerative …

CT detects more osteoporotic endplate depressions than radiograph: a descriptive comparison of 76 vertebrae

EZ Du, YXJ Wáng - Osteoporosis International, 2022 - Springer
This study analyzed elderly women who had chest radiograph and chest CT with indications
other than spine disorders. Using CT images as reference, the study demonstrates that …