CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA, APRIL 29, 2026 — RIVANNA®, developer of AI-powered clinical decision-support solutions, recently published the findings of a study demonstrating that the novel, automated musculoskeletal imaging system Accuro® XV can produce diagnostic images of extremity injuries when operated by non-physicians following brief training instruction.
A team of investigators led by Christopher Thom, MD, RDMS, of UVA Health and Philip Jarrett, MD, MBA, of UT Southwestern (UTSW) Medical Center conducted a comparison study to determine whether non-physician operators could acquire diagnostic-quality images with the Accuro XV system after just one hour of hands-on training. The study enrolled 205 patients aged 5 or older presenting with acute wrist or ankle injury.
To assess image quality, the research team compared scans acquired by clinical research assistants (CRAs) with those acquired by board-certified emergency physicians — both groups having received the same one-hour training session. Fifty scans from each group were randomly selected for blinded review, with reviewers rating overall image quality on a scale of 1–5 and determining whether images were sufficient for diagnostic interpretation. Patients also received standard-of-care X-ray imaging; pain scores were reported before and during each scan.