Role of lumbar spine signal intensity measurement by MRI in the diagnosis of osteoporosis in post-menopausal women

Abstract Background Osteoporosis is a worldwide health problem and a common cause of bone fractures; the most common type of osteoporosis is post-menopausal type. MRI has a role in the diagnosis of osteoporosis and can be used as a screening tool, so the purpose of our study was to define a quantita...

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Main Authors: Maha M. Saad, Ahmed Tohamy Ahmed, Khaled E. Mohamed, Mohamed R. Habba
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-09-01
Series:The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s43055-019-0046-3