MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF SPINE X-RAYS FOR DIAGNOSIS OF OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES

The European Vertebral Osteoporosis Study (EVOS) is one of the largest studies to investigate the prevalence of osteoporosis related vertebr al fractures in a population based cross-sectional study. One of the m ain tasks was to create standards and logistics to obtain uniform and comparable radiographs in all 36 European centers. Furthermore the cen tral reading of the X-rays and the morphometry of the vertebral bodies were 2 important challenges. This paper describes the standardized pa tient positioning and making of the radiographs as well as their morph ometry, reading, and evaluation.