Imaging technology developer Omega Medical Imaging is touting a study showing that its artificial intelligence (AI)-guided fluoroscopy systems yielded lower radiation dose than conventional x-ray systems in image-guided endoscopic procedures.
In research published last year in the American Journal of Gastroenterology, researchers led by Dr. Ji Young Bang of AdventHealth in Orlando, FL, reported that Omega's AI-enabled fluoroscopy system had significantly lower radiation dose in all modes of acquisition at varying frame rates, according to the vendor.
In cine mode, the Omega system reduced radiation by approximately 75% for staff and approximately 71% for patients. It also lowered radiation by 61% for staff and 51% for patients in fluoroscopy mode, the company said.
![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)
