CoLumbo is software for analysis of lumbar spine images obtained with MRI. The purpose of CoLumbo is to assist with the reading of MRI images on the lumbar spine and to provide information on suspected pathologies and abnormality detection, and reduce the time to record the readings. According to the Spine Reporting Survey we conducted, the radiologists think that on average about 17.2 minutes are needed for thorough L-Spine MRI examination in cases without any complications and about 30 minutes for more complex cases, but they have only 13.6 minutes on average for MRI reading in a real clinical situation at the cost of up to 30% errors and omissions.

The first step is the Segmentation of specific structures which is made on a pixel level and the use of fully convolutional neural networks allows quick segmentation maps to be generated for images of any size. The second is the identification of key points in the MRI images. After this is the measurement of distances, areas and angles. Finally, the combination of segmentation, measurements, and specially applied algorithms provides the qualified clinicians with an asisstance in complete diagnosis according to the parameters described in the scientific medical literature. All findings are presented in a easy-to-use final draft report, which is currently available in English, Bulgarian, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Romanian, Polish and Dutch.  More languages will be added soon.

The main benefits of CoLumbo are lower cost, ease of use and optimal cost-result ratio. CoLumbo holds the potential to alleviate the economic burden imposed on the business as the low cost of the service will render it available to a bigger part of the population, thus helping with the implementation of preventative measures which will lower the number of chronically disabled employees.