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ba0002oc18 | Diagnostics | ICCBH2013

Trabecular bone score applied to normal children's lumbar spine DXA scans

Adams Judith , Marjanovic Elizabeth , Roberts Stephen , Mughal Zulf , Ward Kate

Trabecular bone score (TBS) extracts a texture parameter from pixel grey-level variations in DXA lumbar spine images. The TBS is claimed to be a measure of trabecular structure and was validated in an in-vitro study of vertebral bodies with micro-CT1. TBS has shown the potential for fracture pre-diction in adults2. However, data are sparse regarding the reliability and usefulness of TBS3 and the method has not previously been applied i...