An AI tool called the Fat Attenuation Index measures inflammation in artery walls, not plaque itself. Caristo's version just got FDA clearance after a long review. It tells you if vessels are inflamed or sticky, which matters more than how much plaque is there.
They're looking at inflammation in the vessels. This is called FAI, or Fat Attenuation Index, or Plaque-Associated Index. So it's kind of looking not at blockages or plaque per se, but it's looking to see if the vessels are inflamed. That product from a company called Caristo just got approved by the FDA. It's been in the FDA a long time for that to finally get FDA approved, but it was finally FDA cleared just a couple weeks ago. So we will have that too. It doesn't really show plaque. Or blockages, that's not its purpose, but more to see, are the vessels inflamed? So, yet another whole different way of looking at plaque and the evolution of plaque and getting a handle on, are the vessels sticky or not, the way I like to put it. But again, we constantly look at all the new data, all the new tools that come out. If there's a better tool that offers better technology based on better science or better imaging, obviously, at Clear Cardio, that's where we're going to go.
