Understanding current UK practice for the incidental identification of vertebral fragility fractures from CT scans: an expert elicitation study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is an emerging interest in using automated approaches to enable the incidental identification of vertebral fragility fractures (VFFs) on existing medical images visualising the spine.

Aim

To quantify values, and the degree of uncertainty associated with them, for the incidental identification of VFFs from computed tomography (CT) scans in current practice.

Methods

An expert elicitation exercise was conducted to generate point estimates and measures of uncertainty for four values representing the probability of: VFF being correctly reported by the radiologist; the absence of VFF being correctly assessed by the radiologist; being referred for management when a VFF is identified; having a dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scan after general practiti

SUBMITTER: Dalal G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9283144 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature