Table 1. The language used to describe potential OVF.
Normal |
Short vertebral height |
Morphometric deformities |
A deformity without end-plate or cortical fractures |
Genant semi-quantitative (GSQ) tool |
Wedging |
Quantitative abnormality |
Fractures |
Algorithm-Based Qualitative (ABQ)-positive lesions, mABQ-positive lesions |
Osteoporotic end-plate deformity/depression |
GSQ grade with end-plate and/or cortical damage (buckling) |
Qualitative abnormality |
OVF, osteoporotic vertebral fracture.