The Indonesian Ministry of Health has approved an AI-assisted software from Taiwan for screening potential cases of osteoporosis.
Acer Medical's VeriOsteo OP uses AI to analyse bone mineral density (BMD) and predict T-scores in X-ray images. It supports clinicians in assessing potential abnormalities in BMD.
WHY IT MATTERS
The Indonesian government estimates that around two in five of their...
The Asia Pacific Consortium on Osteoporosis has created an online site hosting educational resources on osteoporosis.
WHY IT MATTERS
There are "significant inconsistencies" in clinical practice guidelines in Asia-Pacific for the management and prevention of osteoporosis and fragility fractures, according to Dr Manju Chandran, APCO chairperson and director of the Osteoporosis and Bone Metabolism...
The medical journal Science Translational Medicine published the results of a small study that found that an implantable, wirelessly controlled microchip-based drug delivery device developed by MicroCHIPS demonstrated similar measures of safety and therapeutic levels in blood to what is observed from standard, recommended multiple subcutaneous injections of a marketed osteoporosis drug, called...
