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ReviewCurrent rheumatology reports2020

Update on Imaging-Based Measurement of Bone Mineral Density and Quality.

Thomas M Link, Galateia Kazakia

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Review in Current rheumatology reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 56 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

56 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  2. CT image-based biomarkers for opportunistic screening of osteoporotic fractures: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2024
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  4. Evaluation of bone mineral density in patients with cervical ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament utilizing vertebral bone quality and Hounsfield units.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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  17. 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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  18. DXA based radiomics scoring: a novel approach for fragility fracture risk assessment in elderly type 2 diabetes patients.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Thomas M LinkDepartment of Radiology, University of California, 400 Parnassus Ave, A-367, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA. Thomas.Link@ucsf.edu.
Galateia KazakiaDepartment of Radiology, University of California, 400 Parnassus Ave, A-367, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA.

Funding

NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI125080NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR069670
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewPatients with inflammatory arthropathies have a high rate of fragility fractures. Diagnostic assessment and monitoring of bone density and quality are therefore critically important. Here, we review standard and advanced techniques to measure bone density and quality, specifically focusing on patients with inflammatory arthropathies. RECENT

findingsCurrent standard procedures are dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and quantitative computed tomography (QCT). DXA-based newer methods include trabecular bone score (TBS) and vertebral fracture assessment (VFA). More advanced imaging methods to measure bone quality include high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography (HR-pQCT) as well as multi-detector CT (MD-CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Quantitative ultrasound has shown promise but is not standard to assess bone fragility. While there are limitations, DXA remains the standard technique to measure density in patients with rheumatological disorders. Newer modalities to measure bone quality may allow better characterization of bone fragility but currently are not standard of care procedures.

Indexed as

Bone DensityAbsorptiometry, PhotonArthritisBone and BonesHumansInflammationMagnetic Resonance ImagingOsteoporotic FracturesTomography, X-Ray ComputedUltrasonographyBone fragilityBone mineral densityBone qualityDXAInflammatory arthropathiesOsteoporosis

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PMID32270332
PMCPMC7875476

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