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Roth SE, Mousavi P, Finkelstein J, Chow E, Kreder H, Whyne CM. Metastatic burst fracture risk prediction using biomechanically based equations. Clin Orthop Relat Res. February 2004(419):83-90.

Publication Date
February 2004

How Analyze was Used
“A semiautomated approach using thresholding techniques was used to determine vertebral body volume, minimum vertebral cross-sectional area, and tumor volume using a commercially available three-dimensional image analysis software program [(Analyze 3.1) AnalyzeDirect, Lenexa, KS].”

Keywords
Adult
Aged
Biomechanical Phenomena
Bone Density
Cohort Studies
Female
Fractures, Spontaneous/epidemiology/etiology/pathology
Humans
Incidence
Lumbar Vertebrae
Male
Middle Aged
Predictive Value of Tests
Probability
Retrospective Studies
Risk Assessment
Spinal Fractures/ epidemiology/etiology/pathology
Spinal Neoplasms/pathology/secondary
Stress, Mechanical
Thoracic Vertebrae
Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Author Affiliation(s)
Orthopaedic Biomechanics Laboratory, Sunnybrook & Women’s College Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada.

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Tags: Adult, Aged, Biomechanical Phenomena, Bone Density, Cohort Studies, Female, Humans, Incidence, Lumbar Vertebrae, Male, Mechanical Stress, Middle Aged, Predictive Value of Tests, Probability, Retrospective Studies, Risk Assessment, Spinal Fractures/epidemiology/etiology/pathology, Spinal Neoplasms/pathology/secondary, Spontaneous Fractures/epidemiology/etiology/pathology, Thoracic Vertebrae, X-Ray Computed Tomography