This partnership will help health systems address the increasing volume of medical images and the worldwide radiologist labor shortage. Integration of Boneview into Aidoc's AI platform will give many more clinicians access to a tool to help them identify fractures in limbs, pelvis, thoracic and lumbar spine, and rib cage. Aidoc's end-to-end AI platform already includes numerous third-party AI vendors including Imbio, Riverain, Subtle, Icometrix and ScreenPoint. Over 152 million X-rays are performed every year in the US. Although there are about 37,000 radiologists in the US, they are not evenly distributed.

An emerging artificial intelligence (AI) software that reportedly reduces false negative rates for fractures by 29 percent has received FDA clearance. BoneView AI (Gleamer) detects fractures on X-rays, highlights regions of interest and submits them to radiologists for confirmation, according to the French company Gleamer. The company said the algorithm was designed to aid a variety of physicians who read X-rays in clinical practice. Noting that traumatic injuries account for one-third of visits to emergency rooms (ERs), Gleamer noted that errors with fracture interpretation, which are common during evening hours, can represent up to 24 percent of harmful diagnostic errors in the ER. The company said these errors may result from fatigue and non-expert reading of X-rays.

One of the many benefits of being a clinician-led fund is that we can understand the day-to-day realities of medicine and the challenges that clinicians face. A hard truth is that medical professionals are not just striving to improve patients' health, but are often battling against time. This is particularly true in the emergency room, where the most common procedure is the radiology exam. A staggering 400 million images are produced every year, worldwide for traumatic injuries and it is the responsibility of radiologists to make sure nothing is missed. This understanding of the pressures faced by radiologists and the technological solutions that are needed has led Crista Galli Ventures to make our first investment in France, into Gleamer.