uAI-Discover-Chest CT Rib Fracture Detection

United Imaging Intelligence
The CT Rib Fracture Detection application is intended to detect suspicious rib fractures in chest CT images of adult patients. It detects rib fractures and provides rib labels of the detected fractures. The application also provides 3D visualization tools to render the detected fractures, facilitating radiologists to confirm or dismiss the software detected fractures.
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Last updated: April 30, 2025

General Information

General
Product name uAI-Discover-Chest CT Rib Fracture Detection
Company United Imaging Intelligence
Subspeciality MSK
Modality CT
Disease targeted Rib fractures
Key-features Reconstructed images (MPR/MIP), rib fracture detection, rib fracture localization, fracture detection list, rib labeling, rib VRT 3D reconstruction, multiple fractures warning
Suggested use During: perception aid (prompting all abnormalities/results/heatmaps),
During: interactive decision support (shows abnormalities/results only on demand),
During: report suggestion

Technical Specifications

Data characteristics
Population Adult patients. The software has not been validated for chest CTs with the following conditions and should be used with caution: 1. Poor image quality (e.g., motion, metal artifacts). 2. Pathological fractures of ribs, spontaneous fractures, or other non-fractured lesions of ribs. 3. Thoracic deformities.
Input non-contrast CT
Input format DICOM
Output Rib label, lesion bounding box, lesion list, table of qualified values, high risk warning, draft radiology report
Output format
Technology
Integration Stand-alone webbased
Deployment Locally on dedicated hardware, Locally virtualized (virtual machine, docker), Cloud-based
Trigger for analysis Automatically, right after the image acquisition
Processing time

Regulatory

Certification
CE
No or not yet, Class IIa , MDR
FDA 510(k) cleared
Intended Use Statements
Intended use (according to CE) The CT Rib Fracture Detection application is intended to detect suspicious rib fractures in chest CT images of adult patients. It detects rib fractures and provides rib labels of the detected fractures. The application also provides 3D visualization tools to render the detected fractures, facilitating radiologists to confirm or dismiss the software detected fractures.

Market

Market presence
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Distribution channels
Countries present (clinical, non-research use)
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Pricing
Pricing model Pay-per-use, Subscription, One-time license fee
Based on Number of users, Number of installations, Number of analyses

Evidence

Evidence
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