VEA Align
Overview
VEA Align by EOS imaging is a cloud-based, machine learning-driven software application designed to assist healthcare professionals with global skeletal alignment assessments. The tool is intended for orthopedic surgeons, radiologists, and clinical staff in both pediatric and adult care settings, specifically for patients aged seven years and older.
The software integrates into the clinical workflow by processing biplanar 2D X-ray images generated exclusively by EOS and EOSedge imaging systems. It functions through the following capabilities:
- Automated Landmark Placement: Uses a machine learning-based algorithm to generate an initial placement of anatomical landmarks on frontal and lateral X-ray images.
- Interactive Adjustments: Allows clinicians to manually adjust and validate landmark locations to match the patient’s unique anatomy.
- Parameter Computation: Automatically calculates and updates clinical alignment parameters, such as angles and lengths, as landmark adjustments are made.
- Surgical Planning Integration: Supports the export of 3D datasets to spineEOS software to facilitate preoperative surgical planning.
VEA Align serves as a diagnostic aid for analyzing spinal deformities, degenerative diseases, and lower limb alignment disorders. It is accessed via the cloud-based EOS Insight platform.
Reviewed by Pouyan Golshani, MD — Interventional Radiologist
Key Features
- AI-based automated radiological image processing
- Global alignment assessment through clinical parameters computation
- Analysis of spinal deformities and degenerative diseases
- Analysis of lower limb alignment disorders and deformities
- Precise angle and length measurements
- Uses biplanar 2D X-ray images from EOS imaging systems (EOS and EOSedge)
- Cloud-based software accessible via web browser
- Interactive landmarks with user validation
- Preoperative planning of spine surgeries (for VEA Align; spineEOS)
- Leverages low radiation dose imaging from underlying EOS systems
Use Cases
- Diagnosis and treatment planning for spinal conditions (e.g., scoliosis, kyphosis, spinal deformities)
- Diagnosis and treatment planning for lower limb alignment disorders and deformities (e.g., hip dysplasia, limb length discrepancy)
- Preoperative planning for spine surgeries
- Monitoring disease progression in conditions requiring frequent imaging
- Assessment of global skeletal alignment and balance
- Pediatric orthopedic applications
What Physicians Need to Know
VEA Align is a valuable cloud-based tool for global alignment assessment, offering AI-driven initial landmark placement on biplanar 2D X-ray images from EOS imaging systems. Remember that while the AI provides assistance, your clinical judgment and experience are paramount for accurate diagnosis and treatment planning. Ensure patients are in a standing, weight-bearing position for optimal image acquisition, as seated positions may yield inaccurate results. Training by EOS imaging or Alphatec Spine is required for proper use. Maintain a stable, high-speed internet connection and an updated web browser with 100% zoom for the best user experience. Be aware of contraindications, such as severe congenital vertebral deformities. While not for mobile device *use*, alignment assessments can be *viewed* on mobile devices via the EOS Insight platform.
VEA Align is tightly integrated within the EOS imaging ecosystem, functioning as a cloud-based application accessible through the EOS Insight platform. It exclusively processes images from EOS and EOSedge systems, with data acquisition and user access managed securely via VEA Portal or EOS Insight. The platform is hosted on a HIPAA-compliant datacenter, ensuring data security through HTTPS. Furthermore, VEA Align can export 3D datasets for use in spineEOS, facilitating a seamless workflow from alignment assessment to surgical planning.
Details
| Category | Radiology & Imaging AI, Surgical AI |
| Pricing | Unknown |
| Deployment | Cloud-based web application |
| Compliance | |
| BAA Available | Unknown AI-estimated |
| HIPAA Compliant | Unknown AI-estimated |
| FDA Status |
1 AI-estimated VEA Align; spineEOS (K251747) is an FDA-cleared Class II medical device (Product Code QIH) for automated radiological image processing software, indicated for assisting healthcare professionals with global alignment assessment and preoperative planning of spine surgeries. |
| Integrations | |
| EHR | Not specified |
| Specialties | Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Radiology |
What the Web Says
VEA Align is a cloud-based software developed by EOS imaging that assists healthcare professionals in assessing global alignment in orthopedic patients using 2D X-ray images from EOS imaging systems. It applies machine learning algorithms to automatically place anatomical landmarks, aiding in the analysis of spinal deformities, degenerative diseases, and lower limb disorders with precise angle and length measurements. The software supports both pediatric and adult patients (aged 7 years and older) and allows for interactive landmark adjustment and comparison to normative values.
Overall: PositiveStrengths
- Low-dose radiation compared to traditional X-rays and CT scans, especially beneficial for pediatric patients requiring frequent imaging.
- Provides detailed 2D and 3D images for precise measurement of bones, joints, and alignment.
- Machine learning algorithms for automatic placement of anatomical landmarks, enhancing efficiency.
- Cloud-based software with secure data management and user control via VEA Portal.
- Enhances clinical decision-making through interactive landmark adjustment and comparison to normative values.
- High reproducibility in measuring various parameters of alignment.
Limitations
- Requires patients to be able to stand in a small cabin space, making it unsuitable for non-ambulatory or very large patients.
- Image quality may not be as crisp and clear as conventional X-rays for detecting subtle issues like undisplaced fractures.
- Contraindicated for cases with severe congenital vertebral deformities (e.g., hemivertebrae, spina bifida) and supernumerary/missing vertebrae.
- Clinical judgment and experience are required to properly use the software; it should not be used as the sole basis for clinical decisions.
- Requires specific screen resolution for full display of the interface and proper cache management for optimal functioning.
- Some measurements, like femoral and tibial torsion, may show inconsistencies and lower agreement with CT 3D models, requiring careful interpretation.
Based on reviews from: X-ray Interpreter, ATEC Spine, Hardian Health, HSS, PMC, Innolitics
Last updated: 2026-07-20
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