Vertebral Body Compression Fractures and Bone Density: Automated Detection and Classification on CT Images

• Published in: Radiology Vol. 284; no. 3; pp. 788 - 797
• Main Authors: Burns, Joseph E., Yao, Jianhua, Summers, Ronald M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Radiological Society of North America 01.09.2017
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Bone Density - physiology; Female; Fractures, Compression - diagnostic imaging; Humans; Lumbar Vertebrae - diagnostic imaging; Lumbar Vertebrae - injuries; Male; Middle Aged; Original Research; Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted - methods; Retrospective Studies; Sensitivity and Specificity; Spinal Fractures - diagnostic imaging; Thoracic Vertebrae - diagnostic imaging; Thoracic Vertebrae - injuries; Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods

Purpose To create and validate a computer system with which to detect, localize, and classify compression fractures and measure bone density of thoracic and lumbar vertebral bodies on computed tomographic (CT) images. Materials and Methods Institutional review board approval was obtained, and inform...