Michael Barbella, Managing Editor05.20.23
Artificial intelligence (AI) and simplified computerized surgical guidance were top traffic drivers on ODT's website this past week.
Cybervisitors favored AI-related news from Smith+Nephew and Medimaps Group, the latter of which touted results showing its new spine segmentation (SpS) deep learning algorithm may be a reliable, time-efficient tool to enhance patient monitoring and osteoporosis diagnosis. The SpS algorithm has been designed to enhance bone measurement accuracy on dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) lumbar spine (LS) scans with potential application in X-ray based imaging systems. The results were obtained from a study using Medimaps Group’s SpS deep learning algorithm on thousands of scans from the OsteoLaus cohort and evaluated on an independent test set. Results showed a significant improvement for the measured bone mineral density (BMD), trabecular bone score (TBS) and surface compared to the machine default bone mask, and similar results as obtained from a human expert bone mask.
Smith+Nephew, meanwhile, attracted web guests by introducing two products that close the loop for its robotics and digital surgery portfolio: Personalized Planning powered by AI and RI.INSIGHTS Data visualization Platform. S+N’s CORI surgical system expands knee replacement capability with Personalized Planning powered by AI, guided by RI.INSIGHTS data. The surgeon can use this to set the initial implant placement in the total knee procedure based on AI-guided reference values and surgical planning preferences for specific implants and patient-specific deformities. Using this, surgeons can reference individual case performance and benchmark the data against an anonymized global database. The platform was engineered to give surgeons a simple, effective way to link patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) to pre-op planning and intra-op decisions in robotically-enable knee replacements.
Also garnering pageviews this week was Exactech's accelerated expansion of its Newton Balanced Knee, and the FDA's approval of Globus Medical's REFLECT scoliosis correction system, the company’s first humanitarian device. REFLECT was engineered to correct progressive scoliosis in young patients while preserving motion, maintaining stability, and allowing for future modulated growth. It uses a flexible, durable cord—unlike rigid metal fusion rods—to harness innate patient growth for correction.
Cybervisitors favored AI-related news from Smith+Nephew and Medimaps Group, the latter of which touted results showing its new spine segmentation (SpS) deep learning algorithm may be a reliable, time-efficient tool to enhance patient monitoring and osteoporosis diagnosis. The SpS algorithm has been designed to enhance bone measurement accuracy on dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) lumbar spine (LS) scans with potential application in X-ray based imaging systems. The results were obtained from a study using Medimaps Group’s SpS deep learning algorithm on thousands of scans from the OsteoLaus cohort and evaluated on an independent test set. Results showed a significant improvement for the measured bone mineral density (BMD), trabecular bone score (TBS) and surface compared to the machine default bone mask, and similar results as obtained from a human expert bone mask.
Smith+Nephew, meanwhile, attracted web guests by introducing two products that close the loop for its robotics and digital surgery portfolio: Personalized Planning powered by AI and RI.INSIGHTS Data visualization Platform. S+N’s CORI surgical system expands knee replacement capability with Personalized Planning powered by AI, guided by RI.INSIGHTS data. The surgeon can use this to set the initial implant placement in the total knee procedure based on AI-guided reference values and surgical planning preferences for specific implants and patient-specific deformities. Using this, surgeons can reference individual case performance and benchmark the data against an anonymized global database. The platform was engineered to give surgeons a simple, effective way to link patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) to pre-op planning and intra-op decisions in robotically-enable knee replacements.
Also garnering pageviews this week was Exactech's accelerated expansion of its Newton Balanced Knee, and the FDA's approval of Globus Medical's REFLECT scoliosis correction system, the company’s first humanitarian device. REFLECT was engineered to correct progressive scoliosis in young patients while preserving motion, maintaining stability, and allowing for future modulated growth. It uses a flexible, durable cord—unlike rigid metal fusion rods—to harness innate patient growth for correction.