Normative vertebral deformity measurements in a clinically relevant population using magnetic resonance imaging
Olivia R Sorci, Rashad Madi, Sun Min Kim, Alexandra S Batzdorf, Austin Alecxih, Julia N Hornyak, Sheenali Patel, Chamith S Rajapakse · 2024
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Description
Bone thinning can quietly bend the spine, and doctors need firm reference values to judge how much bend is abnormal. Olivia Sorci and seven co-authors built those values from MRI scans in a 2024 study. Standard bone scans and X-rays miss the 3D detail MRI offers, so the team measured vertebra shapes directly from the richer images.
The records covered 1,638 women who had both MRI and bone density scans between 2005 and 2014. For each spine bone the team computed shape ratios that capture wedge, crush, and bowing forms of deformity. They then checked how those values moved with age and with density scores, and set them beside older X-ray based figures from past studies. The result is a normative yardstick for judging spinal deformity in a real clinical population.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Olivia R Sorci, Rashad Madi, Sun Min Kim, Alexandra S Batzdorf, Austin Alecxih, Julia N Hornyak, Sheenali Patel, Chamith S Rajapakse |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 26 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |