Instructions

Each case presents you with a DXA image
  • Select which individual vertebral bodies you believe should be excluded
  • Click on the "Check your answers" button
  • You will then see the group consensus exclusions, the rationale for consensus group decisions and related radiographic image resources.
  • You can compare your choices to those of the consensus group. Your answers are not stored.
  • Begin with the first case listed below and you will be directed through the program in the order shown below.

Case List

Osteoarthritis

Case 1
Case 4
Case 6
Case 11
Case 12
Case 13
Case 15
Case 19
Case 20
Case 101
Case 102
Case 103
Case 104
Case 112

Compression Fractures

Case 2
Case 17
Case 105
Case 106
Case 107

Aortic Calcification

Case 3
Case 7
Case 108
Case 109

Scoliosis

Case 16
Case 110
Case 111
Case 113
Case 114

Metal and other Artifacts

Case 8
Case 115
Case 116
Case 117
Case 118
Case 119
Case 120

Technical Issues with Image Quality

Case 9
Case 10
Case 14

Examples for Including Vertebrae Despite FSA

Case 5

Examples of Other Diseases Causing FSA

Case 18
Case 121

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the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.

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