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The procedure used to identify the vertebral centrum (Centrum) in masking region, the trabecular bone (TB) in the centrum, and the cortex (CB). In this figure, the endplate of the vertebra was digitally removed to show the trabecular centrum inside the vertebra, while the whole vertebral body was included in the analysis.
