Comparison of Densitometric and Radiographic Vertebral Fracture Assessment Using the Algorithm-Based Qualitative (ABQ) Method in Postmenopausal Women at Low and High Risk of Fracture

Abstract

There was good agreement between VFA and radiography using ABQ to identify prevalent VF in women at LR or HR of osteoporotic VF. Vertebrae misclassified by VFA were primarily mild fractures or deformities, and two thirds of all fractures missed by VFA were related to poor or unreadable image quality.