Handheld x-ray developer Aribex has donated its 10,000th Nomad handheld x-ray unit to the Christian Medical and Dental Associations (CMDA), the company said.
Headquartered in Bristol, TN, CMDA centers their work on humanitarian outreach. CMDA schedules 45 trips to 25 countries each year, helps train dentists in emerging nations, lectures at international dental schools, and is developing a ministry for disaster relief. It plans to use Aribex's Nomad unit as part of its Global Health Outreach program, according to Aribex.
![Representative example of a 16-year-old male patient with underlying X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy. (A, B) Paired anteroposterior (AP) chest radiograph and dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) report shows lumbar spine (L1 through L4) areal bone mineral density (BMD). The DXA report was reformatted for anonymization and improved readability. The patient had low BMD (Z score ≤ −2.0). (C) Model (chest radiography [CXR]–BMD) output shows the predicted raw BMD and Z score in comparison with the DXA reference standard, together with interpretability analyses using Shapley additive explanations (SHAP) and gradient-weighted class activation maps. The patient was classified as having low BMD, consistent with the reference standard. AM = age-matched, DEXA = dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry, RM2 = room 2, SNUH = Seoul National University Hospital, YA = young adult.](https://img.auntminnie.com/mindful/smg/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/04/ai-children-bone-density.0snnf2EJjr.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&dpr=2&fit=crop&h=167&q=70&w=250)
