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How Radiologists Can Predict Osteoporosis Before It Breaks Your Bones: Prof. Didier Hans, Medimaps Group

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You don't see your bones melting in a hot bath, so usually osteoporosis is diagnosed too late. 20% of people with an osteoporotic fracture will die within a year. 

  • 1 woman out of 2 will develop osteoporosis after menopause
  • 1-2 men out of 5 will develop osteoporosis
  • but more men die of the consequences of osteoporosis 


Now, this can change. You may act against it earlier.

You’ll hear about

  • til what age you build your bone mass
  • what is osteoporosis and how to diagnose it
  • how to predict osteoporotic fracture risk years before it happens
  • to buy you time and prevent it

Prof. Didier Hans is the CEO of Medimaps Group. A medical physicist with over 25 years of experience in dual-energy X-ray bone architecture ultrasound imaging techniques. He can talk hours about osteoporosis and bone and body composition.

Medimaps Group is a Swiss scaleup that developed TBS iNsight, software that in 3 seconds adds Trabecular Bone Score (hence TBS) to the regular DEXA bone screening and helps detect an additional 30% of patients at osteoporotic fracture risk.

You can learn more about TBS iNsight at
https://www.medimapsgroup.com

Timestamps:
0:00 Prof. Didier Hans and Medimaps Group
1:08 Osteoporosis – a Silent Disease
3:25 What Do Osteoporotic Bones Look Like Inside
4:42 The Cause of Osteoporosis
8:46 What is Bone Mass, Density of the Bone, the Microstructure of the Bone
13:44 How Osteoporosis is Diagnosed Currently
28:08 Trabecular Bone Score (TBS) to Diagnose Osteoporosis Better
39:51 First Adopters and Key Opinion Leaders
47:15 Can Osteoporosis Be Predicted?
52:14 Integration of TBS iNsight with FRAX Score
53:46 How to Prevent Osteoporotic Fractures
1:02:31 Where is TBS iNsight Available and Reimbursed
1:05:42 Including AI-Powered Osteoporosis Diagnosis into Regular Bone Screening
1:13:07 Thank You, Follow Medimaps Group
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