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ArticleEuropean spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society2025

A novel T2-weighted series-based modified vertebral bone quality score for evaluating bone mineral density.

Shi Yan, Yinhao Liu, Lei Yuan, Guohong Du, Weishi Li, Yan Zeng

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Article in European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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  1. Comparative analysis of novel vertebral bone quality score variants for predicting cage subsidence following single-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: a retrospective cohort study.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2026
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  4. Research on the predictive efficacy of MRI-based endplate bone quality and vertebral body bone quality scores for adjacent segment degeneration after lumbar spinal fusion.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2025
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Shi Yan *Department of Orthopedics, Peking University Third Hospital, 49 North Garden Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, China.ORCID 0009-0002-2329-2352
Yinhao Liu *Department of Orthopedics, Peking University Third Hospital, 49 North Garden Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, China.
Lei YuanDepartment of Orthopedics, Peking University Third Hospital, 49 North Garden Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, China.
Guohong DuDepartment of Orthopedics, Peking University Third Hospital, 49 North Garden Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, China.
Weishi LiDepartment of Orthopedics, Peking University Third Hospital, 49 North Garden Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, China.
Yan ZengDepartment of Orthopedics, Peking University Third Hospital, 49 North Garden Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, China. zy7311@sohu.com.

Funding

Beijing Science Fund Projects L232127Key Clinical Projects of Peking University Third Hospital BYSYZD2022028National Natural Science Foundation of China (82272540
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo evaluate the modified vertebral bone quality (VBQ) method on the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) T1-weighted (T1w), T2-weighted (T2w), and fat suppression (FS) series in evaluating bone mineral density (BMD) for patients with degenerative lumbar disease.

methodsWe reviewed preoperative data of postmenopausal female patients aged ≥ 50 years hospitalized to undergo lumbar surgery for degenerative lumbar disease with available MRI and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA). Patients were categorized into three groups according to T-score. The VBQ

resultsThe study included 253 patients. T2 VBQ

conclusionCompared to the traditional VBQ score, T2 VBQ

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Bone DensityLumbar VertebraeMagnetic Resonance ImagingAbsorptiometry, PhotonAgedFemaleHumansMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesMagnetic resonance imagingOsteoporosisSpine surgeryVertebral bone quality

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