[Morphometric analysis of roentgen images of the spine for diagnosis of osteoporosis-induced fracture]. / Morphometrische Analyse von Röntgenbildern der Wirbelsäule zur Diagnose einer osteoporotischen Fraktur.

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