Low-dose CT hounsfield units: a reliable methodology for assessing vertebral bone density in radiographic axial spondyloarthritis

• Sofia Ramiro,
• Désirée van der Heijde,
• Xenofon Baraliakos,
• Monique Reijnierse,
• Juergen Braun,
• Floris A van Gaalen,
• Mary Lucy Marques,
• Nuno Pereira da Silva

Affiliations

Sofia Ramiro

Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Désirée van der Heijde

3 Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Xenofon Baraliakos

5 Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Ruhr University Bochum, Herne, Germany

Monique Reijnierse

25 Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Juergen Braun

Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Ruhr Universität Bochum, Herne, Germany

Floris A van Gaalen

Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Mary Lucy Marques

Rheumatologist, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Nuno Pereira da Silva

Medical Imaging Department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitario de Coimbra EPE, Coimbra, Portugal