Recognition of Morphometric Vertebral Fractures by Artificial Neural Networks: Analysis from GISMO Lombardia Database

Cristina Eller-Vainicher; Iacopo Chiodini; Ivana Santi; Marco Massarotti; Luca Pietrogrande; Elisa Cairoli; Paolo Beck-Peccoz; Matteo Longhi; Valter Galmarini; Giorgio Gandolini; Maurizio Bevilacqua; Enzo Grossi

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0027277

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Recognition of Morphometric Vertebral Fractures by Artificial Neural Networks: Analysis from GISMO Lombardia Database

Cristina Eller-Vainicher ,

* E-mail: eller.vainicher@gmail.com

Affiliation Endocrinology and Diabetology Unit, Medical Sciences Department, Fondazione Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Cà Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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Iacopo Chiodini,

Affiliation Endocrinology and Diabetology Unit, Medical Sciences Department, Fondazione Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Cà Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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Ivana Santi,

Affiliation Istituto Geriatrico Azienda di Servizi alla Persona Istituti Milanesi Martinitt e Stelline e Pio Albergo Trivulzio, Milan, Italy
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Marco Massarotti,

Affiliation Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Humanitas, Rozzano, Milan, Italy
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Luca Pietrogrande,

Affiliation Orthopedic Clinic, Dipartimento di Medicina, Chirurgia e Odontoiatria San Paolo, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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Elisa Cairoli,

Affiliation Endocrinology and Diabetology Unit, Medical Sciences Department, Fondazione Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Cà Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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Paolo Beck-Peccoz,

Affiliation Endocrinology and Diabetology Unit, Medical Sciences Department, Fondazione Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Cà Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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Matteo Longhi,

Affiliation Unit of Reumathology, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milan, Italy
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Valter Galmarini,

Affiliation Azienda Ospedaliera Fatebenefratelli e Oftalmico, Milan, Italy
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Giorgio Gandolini,

Affiliation Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Don Gnocchi, Milan, Italy
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Maurizio Bevilacqua,

Affiliation Endocrinology and Diabetes Unit, Luigi Sacco Hospital (Vialba), University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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Enzo Grossi

Affiliations Bracco Medical Department, San Donato Milanese, Milan, Italy, Semeion Research Centre, Rome, Italy
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Recognition of Morphometric Vertebral Fractures by Artificial Neural Networks: Analysis from GISMO Lombardia Database

Cristina Eller-Vainicher,
Iacopo Chiodini,
Ivana Santi,
Marco Massarotti,
Luca Pietrogrande,
Elisa Cairoli,
Paolo Beck-Peccoz,
Matteo Longhi,
Valter Galmarini,
Giorgio Gandolini

Published: November 4, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0027277

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