PostureRay®: You’ve Got X-rays, We’ve Got Analysis!
Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at 6:37AM 
Joseph Ferrantelli, DC
Chief of Technology CBP Seminars
Private Practice New Port Richey, FL
PostureCo has continued to make strides in their delivery of the state of the art x-ray system known as PostureRay. This software package allows for chiropractic technique x-ray line drawing with biomechanical assessment, objective documentation, and patient education. Once the x-rays are analyzed, the doctor can generate:
• Impression reports;
• Education reports;
• Comparative reports; and
• Allows the Doctor to utilize a digital view box with telestrator functionality.
The CBP® technology synthesized into the PostureRay system makes it a snap for your staff to aid in processing of the x-rays; which allows the doctor to remain patient centered allowing more time for actual treatment - all the while serving their patients with the latest in technology. The PostureRay system has added more views and more features within the program to better fit the demands of today’s practicing chiropractor. Adding to the basic standard analysis, we now provide these following views:
1. AP and lateral cervical;
2. AP and lateral thoracic;
3. AP and lateral lumbar;
4. Lateral full spine;
5. Now coming in the next update will be Anatomical Short Leg Analysis; and
6. Future releases will include the Open Mouth Cervical view with lateral bending views.
FIGURE 1: Above is a portion of the new AP Modified Ferguson View, and assessment.
Having this feature saves a CBP chiropractor from the tedious line drawing methods for objective true anatomical leg length and sacral unleveling while accounting for anomalies and for magnification distortion(Figure 1). This will allow the doctor to prescribe the proper height of shoe/ heel lift with certainty. Our Development Team is continually upgrading our system to address the diversity in chiropractors’ needs which means that PostureRay will be adding additional abilities to measure utilizing other prominent chiropractic techniques in the near future.
In PostureRay fashion, a patient gets their unique analysis of their own x-rays to take home with them in easy to understand terms – with their x-ray pictures, not just stock photos. For obvious reasons, this has been reported as having beneficial impact on doctor’s practices for educating the patient’s family and friends – stimulating referrals! Often times questions are fielded on what formats the system can utilize. PostureRay is a retrieval tool that looks into any dicom root folder to import the dicom images. Yes, the system is
able to read from DR, CR and PACS systems plus we are also able to read Dicom from outsourced vendors or hospitals that burn on CDs. Best of all, most doctors do not yet have digital systems, so YES, using our unique calibration tools you are also able to take pictures from your digital camera and import the jpg images into PostureRay for analysis. Additionally, a Digital Motion X-ray (DMX) import feature is also available to allow a doctor to easily capture an x-ray image directly from the finalized digital motion x-ray DVD.
It is clear and simple: PostureRay helps you serve your patients better in a consistent, evidence based manner all the while protecting your practice with objective x-ray documentation. With the patient’s explanation of findings report, the patients now understand what is wrong with them and why they need chiropractic care. Remember, the true value is the system’s capacity to compare x-rays with previous studies. Before and after treatment x-rays are one of the best tools to show objective patient progress, and monitor objective changes in spinal subluxations, showing not only percentage differences from established normals, but also showing segmental and global percentage changes from the pre to post x-ray evaluation.
For more info., contact PostureCo at sales@postureco.com or visit www.postureco.com AJCC
