Sydney, 30 April (IANS). Scientists from Australia and Canada have created a new algorithm, which can quickly identify the risk of heart disease and bone fracture during a normal examination of bones.
According to the Xinhua News Agency report, the technology has been composed by scientists from Edith Cowan University in Australia and University of Manitoba in Canada. With this, other serious diseases will be detected in advance during the examination of bones and the health of the elderly people will be improved.
The specialty of this system is that it identifies the spinal scan image (called VFA) and identifies the calcification (AAC) of the main artery of the stomach. AAC is associated with risks such as heart attack, stroke and fall.
Earlier it used to take 5–6 minutes for an expert to know about AAC, but now this new technology can check thousands of images in less than a minute. This will make it possible to check a large number of people quickly.
According to Casendra Smith, a researcher at Edith Kovan University, 58% of the elderly women who conducted a normal check -up of bones were more than moderate AAC, but they were not aware of this risk of heart disease.
He said that women are often unable to check heart disease and could not be treated. Since there are no clear symptoms of this disease, this problem often remains hidden. But with this new technology, it can be detected only when examining bones.
Another researcher Mark Sim found that AAC is not only a sign of heart disease, but it can also be a major cause of falling and bone. He said that the new algorithm gives more correct information than old methods.
He said, “We have found that the more AAC is, the greater the risk of falling and bone of a person. Doctors usually do not pay attention to it, but this new technology meets this deficiency.”
The result is that now during the examination of bones, information about the artery and heart health of the patient can also be found, due to which the risk of falling or fractures falls when the bone becomes weak can be treated in advance.
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