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MRI provides excellent soft tissue detail and can distinguish old from new fractures in addition to differentiating osteoporotic VFs from other causes of back pain. Bone scans have a limited role due to poor specificity.<\/jats:p><jats:p>The literature suggests that radiologists frequently miss or do not report VFs when imaging is requested for an alternative clinical indication and when there is no clinical suspicion of VF. Common examples include failure to identify VFs on lateral chest X-rays, sagittal reformats of CT thorax and abdomen, lateral localizers on MRI and scout views on CT.<\/jats:p><jats:p>Failure to diagnose a VF is a missed opportunity to improve management of osteoporosis and reduce risk of further fractures. This article discusses the role of radiographs, CT, MRI and bone scintigraphy in the assessment and recognition of osteoporotic fractures. 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