"Discriminating imaging findings of acute osteoporotic vertebral fracture: a prospective multicenter cohorte study."

Appropriate treatment of osteoporotic vertebral fractures (OVF) requires knowledge of the age of the fracture. Although diagnostic imaging has made remarkable progress in recent years, it remains difficult to differentiate acute fractures from old. 

Its is important to know the age of the fracture since its tratment is completely unique dependen on the age. 
In this article we are taught how to discriminate the aging so we can give out patients the right treatment and not get confuse because it would be a problem for the patients fracture or bones.

-Abstract taken from: http://www.josr-online.com/content/9/1/96/abstract
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