Utility of opportunistic CT Hounsfield Units determined bone quality in chilean women

Utility of opportunistic CT Hounsfield Units determined bone quality in chilean women

Ratko Yurac-Barrientos 1, Paula Mardones González 2, Marilaura Núñez-Mardones 3, Oscar Bravo-Olivares 4, Guísela Quinteros-Rivas 5, Antonio Ariztía-Fuenzalida 2, Catalina Nazar-Meier 6, Andrea Marré-Chadwick 7

1 Department of Orthopedic and Traumatology, School of Medicine, University Del Desarrollo, Santiago; Department of Traumatology, Spine Unit, Clínica Alemana de Santiago, Santiago; Chile; 2 Department of Traumatology, Spine Unit, Clínica Alemana de Santiago, Santiago, Chile; 3 Center for Clinical Studies, Instituto de Ciencias e innovación en Medicina (ICIM) University del Desarrollo, Clínica Alemana de Santiago, Santiago, Chile; 4 Department of Traumatology, Spine Unit, Hospital Clínico Mutual de Seguridad, Santiago; Department of Traumatology, Spine Unit, Hospital Clínico Fuerza Aérea Chile, Santiago; Chile; 5 Department of Traumatology, Spine Unit, Clínica Alemana de Santiago, Santiago; Department of Traumatology, Spine Unit, Hospital Regional Talca, Talca; Chile; 6 Department of Radiology, Clínica Alemana de Santiago, Santiago, Chile; 7 School of Medicine, University del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile

Ratko Yurac-Barrientos, Paula Mardones González, Marilaura Núñez-Mardones, Oscar Bravo-Olivares, Guísela Quinteros-Rivas, Antonio Ariztía-Fuenzalida, Catalina Nazar-Meier, Andrea Marré-Chadwick

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*Correspondence: Ratko Yurac-Barrientos. Email: ryurac@alemana.cl

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Keywords:  Osteoporosis. Spine. Hounsfield Units. Computed tomograo scan. DXA.

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