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ArticleOrthopadie (Heidelberg, Germany)2025

[Comparative evaluation of trabecular bone density in Hounsfield units in the lumbar native CT cross-section for osteoporosis diagnosis and fracture risk determination by different examiners].

Julian Ramin Andresen, Guido Schröder, Thomas Haider, Christoph Kopetsch, Claus Maximilian Kullen, Hans Christof Schober, Reimer Andresen

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Article in Orthopadie (Heidelberg, Germany), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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7 authors.

Julian Ramin AndresenKlinische Abteilung für Unfallchirurgie, Universitätsklinik für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie, Medizinische Universität Wien, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Wien, Österreich. ramin.andresen@meduniwien.ac.at.
Guido SchröderKlinik für Unfall‑, Hand- und Wiederherstellungschirurgie, Universitätsmedizin Rostock, Rostock, Deutschland.
Thomas HaiderKlinische Abteilung für Unfallchirurgie, Universitätsklinik für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie, Medizinische Universität Wien, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Wien, Österreich.
Christoph KopetschInstitut für Diagnostische und Interventionelle Radiologie/Neuroradiologie, Westküstenklinikum Heide, Akademisches Lehrkrankenhaus der Universitäten Kiel, Lübeck und Hamburg, Heide, Heide, Deutschland.
Claus Maximilian KullenInstitut für Diagnostische und Interventionelle Radiologie/Neuroradiologie, Westküstenklinikum Heide, Akademisches Lehrkrankenhaus der Universitäten Kiel, Lübeck und Hamburg, Heide, Heide, Deutschland.
Hans Christof SchoberOrthoCoast, Praxis für Orthopädie und Osteologie, Wolgast, Deutschland.
Reimer AndresenInstitut für Diagnostische und Interventionelle Radiologie/Neuroradiologie, Westküstenklinikum Heide, Akademisches Lehrkrankenhaus der Universitäten Kiel, Lübeck und Hamburg, Heide, Heide, Deutschland.

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Abstract

backgroundAn increasing loss of bone mineral density (BMD) in the axial skeleton leads to osteoporosis and fractures, with an increase found in the thoracic and thoracolumbar regions. RESEARCH QUESTION: The extent to which an examiner-independent assessment of the extent of osteoporosis and fracture risk determination is possible by determining the trabecular density in Hounsfield units (HU) in the spine should be examined. The next question was whether quantitative BMD values can be calculated from the HU values. PATIENTS AND

methods225 patients (pt.) with an average age of 64.9 ± 13.1 years and a body-mass-index (BMI) of 26.8 ± 6.8 kg/m

resultsThe median BMD was 73.2 (57.05-104.17) mg/cm DISCUSSION: The trabecular density measurements in HU values can be converted into quantitative BMD values in mg/cm

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Bone DensityCancellous BoneLumbar VertebraeOsteoporosisOsteoporotic FracturesSpinal FracturesTomography, X-Ray ComputedAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedObserver VariationRisk AssessmentBone loss, age-relatedBone mineral densityInsufficiency fracturesLumbosacral regionOsteoporotic fracture

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PMCPMC11750895

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