MANCHESTER OCTOBER 22nd 2020 – Five members of a Manchester-based healthcare company literally put their back into marking World Osteoporosis Day on Tuesday, October 20th. Wearing t-shirts printed with images of the spine, the team from Optasia Medical, the osteoporosis solutions company, walked 24 kilometres... read more →
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Apr
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MANCHESTER APRIL 29 2020 – The AI vertebral fracture specialist Optasia Medical has made two key appointments as it develops new ‘smart’ technologies for the rapid detection of vertebral fractures. Jonathan Roberts has been named as Head of R&D and Machine Learning Development; and Rory Collier joins as Commercial and... read more →
Jan
20
Optasia Medical are proudly exhibiting at Artificial Intelligence in Radiology 2020 conference 23rd - 24th January 2020. We look forward to meeting you there.
Oct
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MANCHESTER OCTOBER 16 2019 – More than 2,000 NHS patients have had previously undiagnosed spinal fractures detected by an Artificial Intelligence algorithm. Working with bone health teams in Nottingham, Bradford and Guildford, AI engineers were rapidly able to identify the vertebral fragility fractures (VFFs) and refer patients onward for further... read more →
Jul
23
Optasia Medical, whose AI vertebral fracture screening service is now running in its third NHS hospital, has strengthened its senior clinical team. International clinical specialist Lisa Provan has joined as Head of Clinical Services and Business Development. Part of her remit will be to oversee the company's successful programme of... read more →
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MANCHESTER JUNE 26 - AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE algorithm which can identify future hip fracture patients is being used by hospitals to provide better care and reduce NHS costs. The program looks through thousands of existing CT scans already held by NHS Trusts, quickly identifies vertebral fragility fractures (VFFs) and returns... read more →
Apr
24
The National Osteoporosis Guideline Group (NOGG) have just released updated guidelines that should see more people aged 70 and over receiving intervention to lower their future fracture risk. (more…)
Apr
06
We're delighted and excited to be part of the team delivering on a new project, STOpFrac, to identify vertebral fragility fractures. Funded by the National Institute for Health Research Invention for Innovation programme, and in partnership with the University of Manchester, Central Manchester Foundation Trust and the National Osteoporosis Society,... read more →
Nov
25
We're pleased to announce that our CQC registration application for our ASPIRE™ vertebral fracture case finding service has been successful. ASPIRE™ will help you find many previously undiagnosed vertebral fragility fracture patients who require management to lower their future fracture risk. Visit our ASPIRE™ product page for more information and... read more →
Feb
23
We're honoured to be in The Times newspaper this morning, or rather their excellent SuperNorth supplement, for our work on developing a clinical service for early detection of osteoporotic vertebral fractures. SuperNorth is also available free online and covers a whole range of activities under the banner of the "Northern... read more →