Prof. Ran Balicer, the director of the Clalit Research Institute, says: "This research presents results of great significance and we are thrilled for the long and fruitful collaboration with Zebra Medical Vision. There are hidden medical insights in imaging studies that the human eye cannot capture, but have the potential to save lives. We will continue our joint efforts to develop AI-based medical applications, providing physicians with the best tools and the most novel technologies. To this end, we are on the verge of developing a system that will present improved fracture prediction risk scores to all Clalit physicians and patients."
"We have always been aware that this is a common disease with a high risk of fatality, and even though there are some treatment options for prevention, we don't identify at-risk patients early enough," noted Dr. Eldad Elnekave, CMO at Zebra Medical Vision. "Together with our partner, Clalit, we found that all the information we need pertaining to at-risk patients already exists in CT tests done for other reasons. It's time to utilize that information."
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"This AI capability is now proven at scale to be able to massively increase the screened population for osteoporosis without exposing the patients for more imaging scans or radiation" stated Eyal Gura co-founder and CEO at Zebra Medical Vision. "We are happy to collaborate with Clalit on such groundbreaking research like this one and others that are coming."
Clalit Health Services is the largest of Israel's state-mandated health insurance providers, responsible for providing healthcare services for its 4.5 million members. Clalit owns and operates 1,500 primary care clinics and 14 hospitals, including 30% of Israel's hospital acute care beds. Clalit Research Institute has been leading innovative research and AI translation into medical practice for more than a decade.
The study, titled "Automated opportunistic osteoporotic fracture risk assessment using computed tomography scans to aid in FRAX underutilization," can be found in Nature Medicine Journal, one of the world's most notable medical journals.
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Zebra Medical Vision's imaging analytics platform allows healthcare institutions to identify patients at risk of disease and offer improved, preventative treatment pathways, to improve patient care. The company is funded by Khosla Ventures, Marc Benioff, Intermountain Investment Fund, OurCrowd Qure, Aurum, aMoon, Nvidia, J&J and Dolby Ventures. Zebra Medical Vision has raised $52 million in funding to date, and was named a Fast Company Top-5 AI and Machine Learning company. Zebra-Med leads the way in AI FDA cleared products, and is installed in hospitals globally, from Australia to India, Europe to the U.S, and the LATAM region.
