US-based healthcare IT solutions provider Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas has partnered with French AI-powered imaging solutions provider Gleamer to enhance X-ray systems with AI.
The collaboration aims to help radiologists further enhance the quality of care and optimise workflows in musculoskeletal (MSK) digital radiography (DR) applications.
Konica Minolta Healthcare will provide Gleamer’s BoneView solution, together with its DR product portfolio to its customers in the Americas.
The company’s AI-based DR solutions include the KDR Advanced U-Arm, KDR Flex Overhead X-ray System and mKDR Xpress Mobile X-ray.
Its AeroDR family of high-performance wireless flat panel detectors deliver exceptional image quality to help visualise the depth of complex soft tissue/bone structures.
Konica Minolta Healthcare marketing executive vice president Kirsten Doerfert said: “We are very excited to partner with Gleamer and provide BoneView AI to our DR customers in the Americas.
“BoneView is an impressive application for detecting bone fractures in X-ray images. Our choice to partner with Gleamer was based in part on Gleamer’s commitment to clinical evidence, giving customers a high level of confidence in the application’s results.
“This excellent diagnostic support tool complements our portfolio of X-ray systems and software solutions for our customers.”
Konica Minolta plans to provide Gleamer’s cloud-based BoneView solution as a subscription-based service to its customers in the US.
BoneView is an AI-powered clinical decision support solution designed to identify bone fractures by highlighting areas of interest on an X-ray image.
It has been trained on tens of thousands of radiographic images and generated clinical evidence through 80 clinical studies and nearly 25 peer-reviewed publications.
The FDA-approved, computer-assisted detection solution (CADe) enhances diagnostic accuracy, reduces radiologist reading times and improves patient care pathways.
Gleamer chief business officer Nicolas Jirikoff said: “Our partnership with Konica Minolta marks another step forward in Gleamer’s international expansion, bringing us closer to our goal of making our AI Copilot accessible to clinicians and patients worldwide.
“By combining our proven AI solutions in radiology with Konica Minolta’s expertise as a recognised leader in DR systems, this collaboration will help advance precision medicine across the US and raise the standard of patient care.”
