CoLumbo

Smart Soft Healthcare

CoLumbo is an AI assistant software for the interpretation of lumbar spine MR scans. It is a deep learning algorithm that aims to help radiologists reduce the patient examination reading and reporting time, and increase the accuracy of measurements, and facilitate standardization in spine MRI reporting and increase the patient – physician communication and trust.

Product specifications

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Last updated: May 22, 2023

General
Product name	CoLumbo
Company	Smart Soft Healthcare
Subspeciality	Spine
Modality	MR
Disease targeted	Disk herniation (Protrusion / Extrusion modifiers), Central Spinal Stenosis (CSS), Shizas and Lee morphological grading, foraminal stenosis, decreased vertebral body heights, decreased vertebral disk height, hypo/hyperlordosis, nerve root impingement, listhesis
Key-features	Lumbar spine annotation, smart navigation, editable report, editable separate pathology report, measurement calculation based on segmentation
Suggested use	During: perception aid (prompting all abnormalities/results/heatmaps), interactive decision support (shows abnormalities/results only on demand), report suggestion
Data characteristics
Population	Europe - MRI lumbar spine studies, age – 18 to 70 (included) USA - MRI lumbar spine studies, age – 18+
Input	Lumbar spine MR, Magnetic Field Strength 1,5-3T. At least one sagittal T2w sequence containing 5 slices or more. Scanning Sequence – SE
Input format	DICOM
Output	Segmentation overlay, probability score per pathology, draft radiology report, image annotations, table of quantified values, list with measurements.
Output format	DICOM, DICOM PDF
Technology
Integration	Integration in standard reading environment (PACS), Integration via AI marketplace or distribution platform, Stand-alone third party application
Deployment	Locally on dedicated hardware, Locally virtualized (virtual machine, docker), Cloud-based
Trigger for analysis	Automatically, right after the image acquisition, On demand, triggered by a user through e.g. a button click, image upload, etc.
Processing time	10 - 60 seconds
Certification
CE	Certified, Class IIa , MDD
FDA	510(k) cleared, Class II
Market presence
On market since	03-2021
Distribution channels	Incepto, CARPL.ai, deepcOS, Philips AI manager, Blackford, Osimis
Countries present (clinical, non-research use)	9 (USA, Germany, Italy, France, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland)
Paying clinical customers (institutes)
Research/test users (institutes)
Pricing
Pricing model	Pay-per-use, Subscription
Based on	Number of analyses
Evidence
Peer reviewed papers on performance	Clinical Assessment of CoLumbo Deep Learning System for Central Canal Stenosis Diagnostics (read) Detection of Degenerative Changes on MR Images of the Lumbar Spine with a Convolutional Neural Network: A Feasibility Study (read)
Non-peer reviewed papers on performance
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