TURKISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, vol.50, no.1, pp.110-116, 2020 (Journal Indexed in SCI)
Background/aim: This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic efficacy of vertebral Hounsfield unit (HU) values on routine contrast-enhanced abdominal computed tomography (CT) scans for the assessment of osteoporosis using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) T-scores as a reference standard.