Recognition of morphometric vertebral fractures by artificial neural networks: analysis from GISMO Lombardia Database.

<h4>Background</h4>It is known that bone mineral density (BMD) predicts the fracture's risk only partially and the severity and number of vertebral fractures are predictive of subsequent osteoporotic fractures (OF). Spinal deformity index (SDI) integrates the severity and number of...

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Main Authors: Cristina Eller-Vainicher, Iacopo Chiodini, Ivana Santi, Marco Massarotti, Luca Pietrogrande, Elisa Cairoli, Paolo Beck-Peccoz, Matteo Longhi, Valter Galmarini, Giorgio Gandolini, Maurizio Bevilacqua, Enzo Grossi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22076144/?tool=EBI