Vertebral Motion Analysis Comes to Allegheny General Hospital

Allegheny (Pa.) General Hospital is the first hospital in the state to obtain Vertebral Motion Analysis, technology created by Austin, Texas-based Ortho Kinematics that uses fluoroscopy to take real time images of the spine while the patient is in motion.

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VMA technology received FDA in 2012. The test takes about 30 minutes and uses approximately 30 percent less radiation than standard diagnostic x-ray procedures.

Allegheny General Hospital is one of five facilities in the US to have use of VMA technology.

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