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Sharad Rajpal, MD, performed the first U.S. case using Cerapedics’ PearlMatrix P-15 bone graft for lumbar spinal fusion since its FDA approval. The bone graft, the first of its kind for lumbar spinal ...

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Investigators have developed an artificial intelligence-assisted diagnostic system that can estimate bone mineral density in both the lumbar spine and the femur of the upper leg, based on X-ray ...

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Investigators have developed an artificial intelligence-assisted diagnostic system that can estimate bone mineral density in both the lumbar spine and the femur of the upper leg, based on X-ray images ...