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trabecular bone score

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The trabecular bone score (TBS) is an analytical tool used to measure grey-level textures on lumbar spine (LS) dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) images. It is a measure of bone texture correlated with bone microarchitecture and is associated with the incidence of new fracture.

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Santhi Ramachandran

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