Imaging device vendor CurveBeam has entered into a merger agreement with StraxCorp, an Australian developer of artificial intelligence (AI) software. The combined company will be known as CurveBeam AI.
CurveBeam has developed weight-bearing CT technology for orthopedic practices that's designed to help physicians examine bone and joint alignment in functional positions. The scanner is intended to help evaluate lower extremity conditions including flat foot, patellar instability, and hip dysplasia.
Meanwhile, StraxCorp has developed AI and machine-learning software for analyzing bone separation, segmentation, and microstructure as a tool for improving screening of bone fragility and to help clinicians prevent fragility fractures.
The two companies have been working together since 2018, and they collaborated to adapt the resolution of CurveBeam's InReach conebeam CT scanner to assess bone microstructure. This resulted in the InReach HR-pQCT (high-resolution peripheral quantitative CT) system.
As a merged firm, CurveBeam AI will provide software from both companies on a software-as-a-medical-device basis through the cloud.
![Images show the pectoralis muscles of a healthy male individual who never smoked (age, 66 years; height, 178 cm; body mass index [BMI, calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared], 28.4; number of cigarette pack-years, 0; forced expiratory volume in 1 second [FEV1], 97.6% predicted; FEV1: forced vital capacity [FVC] ratio, 0.71; pectoralis muscle area [PMA], 59.4 cm2; pectoralis muscle volume [PMV], 764 cm3) and a male individual with a smoking history and chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD) (age, 66 years; height, 178 cm; BMI, 27.5; number of cigarette pack-years, 43.2, FEV1, 48% predicted; FEV1:FVC, 0.56; PMA, 35 cm2; PMV, 480.8 cm3) from the Canadian Cohort Obstructive Lung Disease (i.e., CanCOLD) study. The CT image is shown in the axial plane. The PMV is automatically extracted using the developed deep learning model and overlayed onto the lungs for visual clarity.](https://img.auntminnie.com/mindful/smg/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/03/genkin.25LqljVF0y.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&crop=focalpoint&dpr=2&fit=crop&h=167&q=70&w=250)
