#1 - Measuring your arterial age to prevent heart diseases - Ted Baldwin - Imageens

Cardiovascular diseases represent the leading cause of deaths worldwide. Despite the permanent progress in the treatment of such conditions, targeted prevention approaches remain a key solution to address this issue.

This is the challenge that Imageens, a Paris-based startup led by Ted Baldwin, is tackling through the application of artificial intelligence to medical imaging, with the aim to quantify your arterial age. This specific biomarker unvails unique opportunities to anticipate heart conditions for people at moderate risk, with the promise to inform better clinical care decisions.

We exchanged with Ted on the burden that cardiovascular diseases represent on a global level, the power of AI applied to medical imaging to discover early indicators of these pathologies, and how these insights can drive better personalized prevention programs to stay away from them.

Timeline:

00:01:50 - The origins of Imageens

00:06:23 - The unmet need that Imageens is addressing

00:08:53 - Existing cardiac risk scores and the arterial age concept

00:13:10 - Technical approach to quantify the arterial age using MRI and AI

00:15:41 - Relationship between biological and arterial ages

00:20:32 - The MESA trial led by Johns Hopkins University and its link to the discovery of cardiac risk scores

00:23:26 - Imageens softwares Artfun+ and LABEL, their functioning and role in predictive imaging biomarkers discovery

00:30:21 - Moving beyond MRI to other imaging modalities

00:31:35 - Target patient population and access to Imageens technology

00:33:43 - Acceptance by physicians and the medical community

00:36:48 - Patient journey description

00:38:00 - Moving towards predictive analysis of the optimal cardiac prevention program

What we also talked with Ted about:

Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP)

MESA trial

Framingham risk score

Cardiac CT calcium score

Ascending aortic distensibility

Ted’s TEDx presentation

Ganymed Robotics

Zoï

Altos Labs

Qualitiso

If you want to know more about Imageens, we invite you to consult their website: imageens.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.imageens.com/

You can contact Ted through LinkedIn or by email: tbaldwin@imageens.com

If you want to give me feedback on the episode, ask questions or suggest potential guests, feel free to do so through LinkedIn or by email: m.chaffard05@gmail.com