Abstract
METHODS: A total of 270 women were included in this study according to the following criteria: 45-80 years of age, body mass index (BMI) ≤ 40 kg/m 2 , no deambulation impairments, medical prescription for a vertebral DXA, signed informed consent. All the enrolled patients underwent two examinations: a conventional vertebral DXA (Hologic Discovery) and an US scan of lumbar spine. US data were analyzed by a novel algorithm that processed both echographic images and corresponding unfiltered “raw” signals and calculated the same diagnostic parameters provided by DXA (bone mineral density (BMD), Tscore, Z-score). Diagnostic accuracy of obtained results was assessed through a direct comparison with DXA output as a function of patient age and BMI.
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