Reliability of TBS: experience from a network of tertiary care centres

Trabecular bone score (TBS), a textural estimate of bone microarchitecture, is increasingly used as part of fracture risk assessment. It is derived from lumbar spine dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scans and provides additional information for 10-year absolute fracture risk calculation using the FRAX tool. The precision of TBS measurements is important for determining if the change in TBS over time is significant enough to indicate a real biological change clinically.

Source: Journal of Clinical Densitometry - October 1, 2018 Category: Radiology Authors: Madeline Dwyer, Diana Yau, Queenie Wong, Gail Jefferso, Lydia Fung, Hanxian Hu, Raghad Al Harthy, Evelyn MM Wong, Andy KO Wong, Angela M. Cheung Source Type: research