title: Identifying osteoporotic vertebral fracture.
abstract: Osteoporosis per se is not a harmful disease. It is the sequela of osteoporosis and most particularly the occurrence of osteoporotic fracture that makes osteoporosis a serious medical condition. All of the preventative measures, investigations, treatment and research into osteoporosis have one primary goal and that is to prevent the occurrence of osteoporotic fracture. Vertebral fracture is by far and away the most prevalent osteoporotic fracture. The significance and diagnosis of vertebral fracture are discussed in this article.
authors.affiliation: Department of Imaging and Interventional Radiology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China.
authors.forename: James F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Griffith
keywords: Vertebral fracture; computed tomography (CT); magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); metastases; osteoporosis; radiography