VirtuOst VFA uses sagittal sections from a spine-containing CT scan, with or without contrast enhancement, to visualize and measure vertebral deformities, classify the type and grade of any existing vertebral fracture, and from this identify patients at high risk of a future osteoporosis-related fracture. This information can be interpreted by a physician to diagnose existing vertebral fractures and to manage patients for osteoporosis.
A software application intended to facilitate management, distribution, and/or viewing of radiological digital imaging and communications in medicine (DICOM) image data; it is not intended for pathological image interpretation (i.e., not intended to detect and localize suspected abnormalities). It may be intended to facilitate image management (e.g., viewing, communication, printing, recording/ disc burning) and/or image manipulation and quantification (e.g., non-interpretive graphical overlays).