Study Purpose: Morphometric methods categorize potential osteoporotic vertebral fractures
(OVF) on the basis of loss of vertebral height. A particular example is the widely used …

The assessment of vertebral fracture in patients with osteoporosis by conventional
radiography has been improved over the past 10 years using either the semiquantitative …

Accurate diagnosis of vertebral osteoporotic fractures is crucial for the identification of
individuals at high risk of future fractures. Different methods for radiological assessment of …

Until recently there has been little evidence available to validate any method by which to
make an accurate diagnosis of an osteoporotic vertebral fractures (OVFs) from plain …

We compared vertebral fracture assessment by semi-automated quantitative vertebral
morphometry measurements with the conventional semi-quantitative (SQ) grading using …

We compared two methods for osteoporotic vertebral fracture (VF) assessment on lateral
spine radiographs, the Genant semiquantitative (GSQ) technique and a modified algorithm …

The assessment of radiographs for vertebral fractures is important in the clinical evaluation
of patients with suspected osteoporosis, in the epidemiological evaluation of elderly …

Since he was part of one of the three groups exploring the differences between spinal
morphologic criteria (evidence of an end plate or cortical fracture) and morphometric (height …

Osteoporotic bone is structurally insufficient and predisposed to low-energy fracture [1].
Fractures are deemed osteoporotic when they result from generalized skeletal …

Approximately 40 in 100 women will experience one or more fractures after the age of 50
years. At 50 years for women the lifetime risk is 17.5% for hip fracture, 16% for vertebral …