Dr. Luke Macyszyn (left), Bilwaj Gaonkar (right) and UCLA colleagues created Theseus AI’s software. The startup licensed out the technology from UCLA in September.
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Los Angeles startup uses AI to reduce unnecessary spine surgeries (MedCityNews)
Newly formed Theseus AI plans to reduce unnecessary back surgery referrals by providing more objective MRI data to physicians.
A Los Angeles-based startup recently struck a licensing deal with the University of California- Los Angeles to create a tool that can analyze spine images to help decide whether patients should be a candidate for surgery.
Theseus AI was spun out of research conducted by Dr. Luke Macyszyn, a neurosurgeon at the UCLA spine center. The startup struck an agreement to license the technology from UCLA in September.
EO Sam Elhag presented Theseus’ work in front of a group of colleagues at the SoCalBio Digital Health conference on Friday. The company is addressing a costly medical problem: more than 250,000 spine surgeries are preformed annually, Elhag said, and a significant portion of them might be completely unnecessary.
Studies show a substantial number of back surgeries fail to...
