What is FXA?
Functional X-ray Analysis – Motion Analysis and Quantification of Functional X-rays
Today the analysis of medical images (X-ray, CT, MRI) is typically concentrating on static characteristics. For example, in order to investigate a disease of the spine, the disk height, the translational shift of vertebrae or the narrowing of the spinal canal is determined based on medical images.
Due to the lack of feasible tools, it is hardly possible in the daily routine to evaluate further parameters such as, for example, the location of the center of rotation (CoR) or angular and translational relative motion.
These parameters give however valuable information on the current state of degeneration of a spinal segment.
With the FXA software it is now possible for the first time to utilize these parameters as part of clinical investigations. Moreover, this software is ideally suited to assess the radiographical outcome of orthopedic treatments within clinical studies or post-market surveillance.
Advantages:
Acceleration and improvement of the implant development process by enabling insight into the precise function and interaction of an implant with its surrounding structures – in-vitro and in-vivo.
Support in patient selection within clinical studies through an objective, observer independent screening of various parameters such as disk height, instability or range of motion (RoM).
Supply of scientific data and evidence for regulatory approval procedures of new treatments or implants, and to support training, marketing and user education programs with unbiased class-1 data.
