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User Interface Settings

User Interface Settings

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Authorization and Authentication (Login)
Loading DICOM Images from Folder
Processing and analysis of MR images
Annotation of MR images
Visualization mode change
Minimum Values and Default Values
Color Coding of Tissues
Moving Images
Switching slices
Zooming Images
Change Image Contrast and Brightness
Pathology Panel
Level Report Panel
Full Draft Report
Study Export
Length Measurements
Angle Measurements
Cobb Angle Measurement
General Settings
DICOM Export Settings
Herniation Settings
Bulging Settings
Central Stenosis Settings
Nerve Root Compression Settings
Vertebral Height Settings
Disk Height Settings
Lordosis Settings
Listhesis Settings
Aortic Diameter Settings
PACS Integration

Questions

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Why do you measure only the cross-sectional area of the dural sac for central stenosis?
Do we have any restrictions to deploying in any country in the world?
How did you conduct your Clinical trials in Europe?
Can we integrate besides being through a platform?
Do you plan to add scoliosis to the detected pathologies?
When do you plan to add Мodic changes?
Do you plan on adding Polish, Finnish, and Danish languages?
Do we detect recess stenosis?
Do we detect spondyloarthritis?
Where did you conduct your peer-reviewed study?
Where have you been integrated?
Where do you have customers from?
What deep-learning method is used for our segmentation and classification?
How was the data shared with us during the clinical trials?
What is the duration of the pilot phase that CoLumbo offers?
Do we plan to support hypoplasia?
Can the segmentation be changed or corrected in case the radiologists note some discrepancies?
Is Transition Vertebra (transitional abnormality) supported by CoLumbo?
What is your pricing model?
Is your CE mark MDR or MDD?
Can your software be installed on a local server?
Can the software detect and give measurements for the different spine parts?
Do you have an interface for the radiology system?
Is the structured report that you provide your development, or another 3rd party has create it?
How do you differentiate pathology from a normal state of the spine? Where do you cut the line between pathology and a normal state?
How do you measure scoliosis?
Which languages does the report support?
Is there a priority in the findings of the software?
How much time does it take for CoLumbo to perform an analysis on a study?
Do you open the UI as an application or do you see only the report?
Does CoLumbo integrate seamlessly with every PACS provider?
What are the minimum system requirements?
What is not supported by CoLumbo?
Is CoLumbo vendor agnostic?
What is the accuracy of the software?
What are the Risks, Contraindications and Adverse Side Effects of CoLumbo
We’d like to understand the delivery of CoLumbo.
Does CoLumbo cover the whole spine?
Do we support patients who have pathologies detected on each level?
Can the radiologist just sign the report without checking it?
What will future versions of CoLumbo include?
Are you aiming for full automation of the segmentation?
What acquisition sequences do you consider?
Are CoLumbo reports exportable?
Few measurements in the research version are shown on the display design of the version intended for release. Why?
What is the sensitivity and the specificity of CoLumbo?
What are the prices? Will some radiologists not be willing to buy a product unless for a one-time payment?
Are you planning to obtain approval or clearance for the USA, Canada, Australia, and Japan?
How do you see the high burden on the regulatory side, given the large number of features that CoLumbo has?
Can Smart Soft Healthcare provide CoLumbo output to PACS or third party viewers?
What do you do if some hospitals do not use the cloud due to national regulations or other reasons?
Are there any constraints in product deployment?
How does CoLumbo run, i.e., on what software does it run?
Is fat suppression used?
What deep-learning techniques are used?
Can CoLumbo be used without having to change/modify the scanning protocols?
Shall the user be able to define a custom threshold so that there are minimum false negatives?
Does Columbo need the T1 series?
Can you accurately detect levels if there are transitional vertebra?
Will the user be able to correct the results and edit the report?
Will the user be able to quickly navigate to the pathological level?
Is a radiologist needed anymore?
Does your software support post-operative patients?
If an unsupported pathology is added to a current report, can it become permanent in the next studies?
Does the system work with previously analyzed images?

Findings

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Dural Sac Compression
Nerve Root Compression
Lordosis
Spondylolisthesis
Central Spinal Stenosis
Disk Bulging
Disk Herniation

Segmentations

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Processus Spinosus
Facet Joints
Ligamentum Flavum
Aorta / Iliac Arteries
Herniated Part / Bulging
Dural Sac
Nerve Roots
Intervertebral Disk
Vertebral Body

Measurements

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Spinal Canal Diameter
Aortic Diameter
Disk Herniation Migration
Disk Herniation Size
Nerve Root Impingement Score
Dural Sac Cross-Sectional Area
Listhesis Percentage and Grade
L1L4, L1L5, L1S1 Lordotic Angles
Asymmetrical Bulging
Symmetrical / Circumferential Bulging
Disc Heights and Ratios
Vertebral Body Heights
Listhesis AP Slippage
Intervertebral Angles
Disk Bulging Size

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What deep-learning techniques are used?

ResNet for feature map extraction;
UNet for segmentation;
3D convolution for 3D segmentation refinement.

Is fat suppression used?Can CoLumbo be used without having to change/modify the scanning protocols?

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