Teleradiology services provider USARad.com is partnering with big data visualization software developer Zebra Medical Vision to identify people at increased risk of osteoporotic bone fractures.
Zebra will provide automated imaging analytics tools and decision-support algorithms. The new algorithm will allow USARad.com and SecondOpinions.com to analyze pre-existing or new CT studies and provide a risk score for osteoporosis-related fractures. USARad.com will then be able to alert a patient's physicians, who can decide on the right course of treatment to help reduce or avoid fractures, said Elad Benjamin, Zebra Medical's CEO.
![Axial images from unenhanced calcium score cardiac CT (left) and curved planar reformation images from CT angiography (right) show that higher long-term exposure to air pollution is associated with greater coronary artery calcium and more obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD). Top row: Images in a 68-year-old male patient with higher 10-year mean ambient air pollution exposure (7.9 μg/m3 for particulate matter measuring ≤2.5 μm in diameter [PM2.5] and 17.4 parts per billion [ppb] for NO2) with extensive CAD (coronary artery calcium score [CACS] >1,000 and obstructive CAD [≥70% diameter stenosis]). Bottom row: Images in a 57-year-old female patient with lower 10-year mean ambient air pollution exposure (6.3 μg/m3 for PM2.5 and 4.6 ppb for NO2) with no CAD (CACS = 0 and no obstructive stenosis).](https://img.auntminnie.com/mindful/smg/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/06/hanneman.r6SMLzkezo.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&dpr=2&fit=crop&h=167&q=70&w=250)
