Proactive Bone Health Screening at Lumus Imaging 

What is Proactive Bone Health Screening?

Proactive Bone Health Screening is an AI tool that automatically analyses routine X-Rays (chest, spine, pelvis, knee, hand/wrist) to identify patients who may have low bone mineral density (BMD) a key risk factor for osteoporosis.

If a patient’s X-Ray shows signs suggesting low BMD, Rho^TM generates a proactive rating that is included with the radiologist’s findings.

Why it matters

• Osteoporosis is common but underdiagnosed

• Many patients never receive a DEXA/BMD but already have X-Rays that could reveal early signs of bone loss

• This is a proactive clinical prompt, helping identify atrisk patients earlier

How it works at Lumus

• A patient attends for any routine eligible X-Ray

• Proactive technology is automatically enabled

• If low BMD is likely, a proactive suggestion is added to the report

The referring doctor can then decide to support:  

• Clinical Fracture Risk Assessment (CFRA)

• DEXA/BMD bone density scan

• Bone health management plan

What you will see in the report

A Proactive Score (6–10) indicating the likelihood of low BMD.
Higher scores = higher likelihood.

When is Proactive screening automatically engaged?  

• Patient is 70 years of age or older  
• No Lumus Imaging DEXA scan in the past 2 years, or proactive recommendation in the last 6 months
• Medicare eligible  

Rho^TM AI is used to identify patients at higher risk of disease before symptoms appear, so they can be prioritised for earlier or more frequent screening.

Rho^TM score to % Likelihood table as per the product’s clinical validation study:  

^{*DEXA confirmed osteopaenia/osteoporosis}

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Proactive screening assessment of this Chest X-ray by the 16-BIT Rho AI model predicts a Rho Score of 6 which correlates to an 85% likelihood of the patient having low bone density. Formal assessment with DEXA should be considered.