METASTRA
@metastra.bsky.social
METASTRA project is funded by the EU’s Horizon Europe “Tools and technologies for a healthy society.„
Visit our website to learn more: https://www.metastraproject.eu/
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METASTRA
@metastra.bsky.social
· Jun 12
👋 Hello, Bluesky!
We’re #METASTRA, an EU-funded research project working to improve fracture risk prediction in patients with vertebral metastases using advanced computational models.
We’ll be using this space to share updates, insights, and highlights from the project, so stay tuned! 🙌
We’re #METASTRA, an EU-funded research project working to improve fracture risk prediction in patients with vertebral metastases using advanced computational models.
We’ll be using this space to share updates, insights, and highlights from the project, so stay tuned! 🙌
METASTRA at VPH 2026 📣
Luca Cristofolini presented our in silico framework for predicting fracture of metastatic vertebrae. Enrico Dall'Ara, Damien Lacroix and Jaime Muñoz Allué presented related work.
Four days, a lot of ideas to take back to the consortium. 👏
Luca Cristofolini presented our in silico framework for predicting fracture of metastatic vertebrae. Enrico Dall'Ara, Damien Lacroix and Jaime Muñoz Allué presented related work.
Four days, a lot of ideas to take back to the consortium. 👏
September 8, 2026 at 8:42 AM
METASTRA at VPH 2026 📣
Luca Cristofolini presented our in silico framework for predicting fracture of metastatic vertebrae. Enrico Dall'Ara, Damien Lacroix and Jaime Muñoz Allué presented related work.
Four days, a lot of ideas to take back to the consortium. 👏
Luca Cristofolini presented our in silico framework for predicting fracture of metastatic vertebrae. Enrico Dall'Ara, Damien Lacroix and Jaime Muñoz Allué presented related work.
Four days, a lot of ideas to take back to the consortium. 👏
Most spine labs saw off the posterior elements before testing, because a microCT chamber cannot fit an intact segment. The vertebral body carries the load anyway, we assume.
In the lumbar spine that assumption costs 43% of the load.
Open access: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
In the lumbar spine that assumption costs 43% of the load.
Open access: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
September 1, 2026 at 7:06 AM
Most spine labs saw off the posterior elements before testing, because a microCT chamber cannot fit an intact segment. The vertebral body carries the load anyway, we assume.
In the lumbar spine that assumption costs 43% of the load.
Open access: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
In the lumbar spine that assumption costs 43% of the load.
Open access: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Three weeks to VPH 2026 (Milan, 1 to 4 Sept).
Luca Cristofolini and Damien Lacroix of METASTRA co-chair the decision support systems track.
The question it asks: how do you make a computational model a clinician can actually rely on?
vph-conference.org
Luca Cristofolini and Damien Lacroix of METASTRA co-chair the decision support systems track.
The question it asks: how do you make a computational model a clinician can actually rely on?
vph-conference.org
August 11, 2026 at 6:24 AM
Three weeks to VPH 2026 (Milan, 1 to 4 Sept).
Luca Cristofolini and Damien Lacroix of METASTRA co-chair the decision support systems track.
The question it asks: how do you make a computational model a clinician can actually rely on?
vph-conference.org
Luca Cristofolini and Damien Lacroix of METASTRA co-chair the decision support systems track.
The question it asks: how do you make a computational model a clinician can actually rely on?
vph-conference.org
METASTRA is heading to WCB 2026 in Vancouver, 11 to 15 July!
Our team will present several contributions on stratifying fracture risk in patients with vertebral metastases, combining AI and biomechanical models.
Come say hi!
#METASTRA #WCB2026 #Biomechanics #CancerResearch
Our team will present several contributions on stratifying fracture risk in patients with vertebral metastases, combining AI and biomechanical models.
Come say hi!
#METASTRA #WCB2026 #Biomechanics #CancerResearch
July 7, 2026 at 11:21 AM
METASTRA is heading to WCB 2026 in Vancouver, 11 to 15 July!
Our team will present several contributions on stratifying fracture risk in patients with vertebral metastases, combining AI and biomechanical models.
Come say hi!
#METASTRA #WCB2026 #Biomechanics #CancerResearch
Our team will present several contributions on stratifying fracture risk in patients with vertebral metastases, combining AI and biomechanical models.
Come say hi!
#METASTRA #WCB2026 #Biomechanics #CancerResearch
IS3P is working toward zero complications. This aligns directly with METASTRA's mission.
Read the manifesto and consider joining.
🔗 www.metastraproject.eu/news/metastr...
Read the manifesto and consider joining.
🔗 www.metastraproject.eu/news/metastr...
June 24, 2026 at 9:24 AM
IS3P is working toward zero complications. This aligns directly with METASTRA's mission.
Read the manifesto and consider joining.
🔗 www.metastraproject.eu/news/metastr...
Read the manifesto and consider joining.
🔗 www.metastraproject.eu/news/metastr...
METASTRA's 4th General Assembly just wrapped up in Utrecht!
Partners from across Europe gathered to review progress on AI-powered fracture risk assessment for cancer patients with vertebral metastases.
Read the full update here 👉 www.metastraproject.eu/news/metastr...
#EUResearch #SpineOncology
Partners from across Europe gathered to review progress on AI-powered fracture risk assessment for cancer patients with vertebral metastases.
Read the full update here 👉 www.metastraproject.eu/news/metastr...
#EUResearch #SpineOncology
June 23, 2026 at 6:23 AM
METASTRA's 4th General Assembly just wrapped up in Utrecht!
Partners from across Europe gathered to review progress on AI-powered fracture risk assessment for cancer patients with vertebral metastases.
Read the full update here 👉 www.metastraproject.eu/news/metastr...
#EUResearch #SpineOncology
Partners from across Europe gathered to review progress on AI-powered fracture risk assessment for cancer patients with vertebral metastases.
Read the full update here 👉 www.metastraproject.eu/news/metastr...
#EUResearch #SpineOncology
Our team presented 4 studies at the Global Spine Congress 2026 in Istanbul! 🙌
From fracture prediction to disc degeneration, METASTRA research was well represented.
Read more here: www.metastraproject.eu/news/metastr...
From fracture prediction to disc degeneration, METASTRA research was well represented.
Read more here: www.metastraproject.eu/news/metastr...
June 3, 2026 at 10:08 AM
Our team presented 4 studies at the Global Spine Congress 2026 in Istanbul! 🙌
From fracture prediction to disc degeneration, METASTRA research was well represented.
Read more here: www.metastraproject.eu/news/metastr...
From fracture prediction to disc degeneration, METASTRA research was well represented.
Read more here: www.metastraproject.eu/news/metastr...
This week is the European Week Against Cancer 2026. 🎗️ Theme: Together against cancer inequalities.
At METASTRA, we are building AI powered tools for patient specific fracture risk in vertebral metastases.
Better decisions for every patient, everywhere. 👏
At METASTRA, we are building AI powered tools for patient specific fracture risk in vertebral metastases.
Better decisions for every patient, everywhere. 👏
May 25, 2026 at 10:01 AM
This week is the European Week Against Cancer 2026. 🎗️ Theme: Together against cancer inequalities.
At METASTRA, we are building AI powered tools for patient specific fracture risk in vertebral metastases.
Better decisions for every patient, everywhere. 👏
At METASTRA, we are building AI powered tools for patient specific fracture risk in vertebral metastases.
Better decisions for every patient, everywhere. 👏
The METASTRA project was represented at the @issls.bsky.social SASS Annual Meeting in Cape Town! 🌍
Giovanni Barbanti Brodano (IOR) and Florian Rieger (ETH Zurich) attended, with Giovanni presenting our Train-METASTRA study on vertebral metastases.
Thank you to all involved!
Giovanni Barbanti Brodano (IOR) and Florian Rieger (ETH Zurich) attended, with Giovanni presenting our Train-METASTRA study on vertebral metastases.
Thank you to all involved!
May 21, 2026 at 8:24 AM
The METASTRA project was represented at the @issls.bsky.social SASS Annual Meeting in Cape Town! 🌍
Giovanni Barbanti Brodano (IOR) and Florian Rieger (ETH Zurich) attended, with Giovanni presenting our Train-METASTRA study on vertebral metastases.
Thank you to all involved!
Giovanni Barbanti Brodano (IOR) and Florian Rieger (ETH Zurich) attended, with Giovanni presenting our Train-METASTRA study on vertebral metastases.
Thank you to all involved!
Today is International Clinical Trials Day. 🔬
Every treatment that helps cancer patients exists because someone ran a rigorous study to find out if it worked.
At METASTRA, we are part of that continuum.
Grateful for every clinician, researcher, and patient making better outcomes possible. 👏
Every treatment that helps cancer patients exists because someone ran a rigorous study to find out if it worked.
At METASTRA, we are part of that continuum.
Grateful for every clinician, researcher, and patient making better outcomes possible. 👏
May 20, 2026 at 7:40 AM
Today is International Clinical Trials Day. 🔬
Every treatment that helps cancer patients exists because someone ran a rigorous study to find out if it worked.
At METASTRA, we are part of that continuum.
Grateful for every clinician, researcher, and patient making better outcomes possible. 👏
Every treatment that helps cancer patients exists because someone ran a rigorous study to find out if it worked.
At METASTRA, we are part of that continuum.
Grateful for every clinician, researcher, and patient making better outcomes possible. 👏
Sara Peluso is a physicist building AI-powered segmentation tools for spine imaging as part of the #METASTRA project.
For Sara, the most rewarding part is seeing something she built herself actually work.
Watch here 🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCTE...
For Sara, the most rewarding part is seeing something she built herself actually work.
Watch here 🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCTE...
Interview with Sara Peluso: AI-Powered Segmentation for Spine Imaging
YouTube video by METASTRA Project
www.youtube.com
April 21, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Sara Peluso is a physicist building AI-powered segmentation tools for spine imaging as part of the #METASTRA project.
For Sara, the most rewarding part is seeing something she built herself actually work.
Watch here 🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCTE...
For Sara, the most rewarding part is seeing something she built herself actually work.
Watch here 🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCTE...
How can computational modelling help improve care for cancer patients with bone metastases? METASTRA researcher Florian Rieger explains the science and the power of interdisciplinary collaboration in our latest video. 🎥
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2UU...
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2UU...
March 17, 2026 at 11:55 AM
How can computational modelling help improve care for cancer patients with bone metastases? METASTRA researcher Florian Rieger explains the science and the power of interdisciplinary collaboration in our latest video. 🎥
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2UU...
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2UU...
🧬 On International Day of Women and Girls in Science:
Shoutout to every woman in STEM pushing boundaries in computational medicine, oncology, and biomechanics. The future is collaborative.
#WomenInScience #AIinHealthcare
Shoutout to every woman in STEM pushing boundaries in computational medicine, oncology, and biomechanics. The future is collaborative.
#WomenInScience #AIinHealthcare
February 11, 2026 at 8:07 AM
🧬 On International Day of Women and Girls in Science:
Shoutout to every woman in STEM pushing boundaries in computational medicine, oncology, and biomechanics. The future is collaborative.
#WomenInScience #AIinHealthcare
Shoutout to every woman in STEM pushing boundaries in computational medicine, oncology, and biomechanics. The future is collaborative.
#WomenInScience #AIinHealthcare
New interview with Sabato Mellone on how AI decision support systems are regulated as medical devices in the METASTRA project.
Full interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0Na...
#METASTRA #AIAct #MedicalDevices #HealthTech #AIinHealthcare
Full interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0Na...
#METASTRA #AIAct #MedicalDevices #HealthTech #AIinHealthcare
AI as a Medical Device with Sabato Mellone
YouTube video by METASTRA Project
www.youtube.com
January 26, 2026 at 9:16 AM
New interview with Sabato Mellone on how AI decision support systems are regulated as medical devices in the METASTRA project.
Full interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0Na...
#METASTRA #AIAct #MedicalDevices #HealthTech #AIinHealthcare
Full interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0Na...
#METASTRA #AIAct #MedicalDevices #HealthTech #AIinHealthcare
When cancer spreads to the spine, assessing fracture risk becomes a major clinical challenge.
This short animated video introduces the problem of spinal metastases and the METASTRA approach.
▶️ Watch the video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFPb...
This short animated video introduces the problem of spinal metastases and the METASTRA approach.
▶️ Watch the video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFPb...
METASTRA: Personalised Fracture Risk Prediction for Spinal Metastases
YouTube video by METASTRA Project
www.youtube.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:20 PM
When cancer spreads to the spine, assessing fracture risk becomes a major clinical challenge.
This short animated video introduces the problem of spinal metastases and the METASTRA approach.
▶️ Watch the video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFPb...
This short animated video introduces the problem of spinal metastases and the METASTRA approach.
▶️ Watch the video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFPb...
Why timing and communication matter in clinical decision-making.
Samuele Luca Gould on the behind-the-scenes work that helps research move safely toward clinical use.
Full interview here 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYXD...
Samuele Luca Gould on the behind-the-scenes work that helps research move safely toward clinical use.
Full interview here 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYXD...
Why translating research into safe clinical decisions takes time with Samuele Luca Gould
YouTube video by METASTRA Project
www.youtube.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Why timing and communication matter in clinical decision-making.
Samuele Luca Gould on the behind-the-scenes work that helps research move safely toward clinical use.
Full interview here 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYXD...
Samuele Luca Gould on the behind-the-scenes work that helps research move safely toward clinical use.
Full interview here 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYXD...
The team built and tested 3D-printed models of healthy, metastatic, and “healed” vertebrae. These synthetic bones reliably mimic the mechanical behaviour of real human vertebrae, offering a repeatable and affordable alternative to cadaver testing.
Open access here: www.mdpi.com/2504-4494/9/...
Open access here: www.mdpi.com/2504-4494/9/...
December 11, 2025 at 12:07 PM
The team built and tested 3D-printed models of healthy, metastatic, and “healed” vertebrae. These synthetic bones reliably mimic the mechanical behaviour of real human vertebrae, offering a repeatable and affordable alternative to cadaver testing.
Open access here: www.mdpi.com/2504-4494/9/...
Open access here: www.mdpi.com/2504-4494/9/...
New METASTRA-backed study alert. 📣
The team created a faster way to build patient-specific models for severe scoliosis from CT data.
Read more: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
#biomechanics #scoliosis #METASTRA
The team created a faster way to build patient-specific models for severe scoliosis from CT data.
Read more: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
#biomechanics #scoliosis #METASTRA
December 2, 2025 at 12:49 PM
New METASTRA-backed study alert. 📣
The team created a faster way to build patient-specific models for severe scoliosis from CT data.
Read more: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
#biomechanics #scoliosis #METASTRA
The team created a faster way to build patient-specific models for severe scoliosis from CT data.
Read more: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
#biomechanics #scoliosis #METASTRA
We’ve just released a new METASTRA interview with Mariarita Intagliata (IOR).
If you’re curious about how METASTRA runs behind the scenes, this one’s a solid look at the process.
Watch the full interview here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hlvi...
If you’re curious about how METASTRA runs behind the scenes, this one’s a solid look at the process.
Watch the full interview here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hlvi...
Interview with Mariarita Intagliata: From Biotechnology to METASTRA and the World of Clinical Data
YouTube video by METASTRA Project
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:54 AM
We’ve just released a new METASTRA interview with Mariarita Intagliata (IOR).
If you’re curious about how METASTRA runs behind the scenes, this one’s a solid look at the process.
Watch the full interview here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hlvi...
If you’re curious about how METASTRA runs behind the scenes, this one’s a solid look at the process.
Watch the full interview here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hlvi...
📣 We’re excited to share our new #METASTRA patient infographic!
🩺 METASTRA is developing a decision support system (DSS) to help doctors personalise surgical treatment for patients with spinal metastases.
📘 Learn more: www.metastraproject.eu/project/stak...
🩺 METASTRA is developing a decision support system (DSS) to help doctors personalise surgical treatment for patients with spinal metastases.
📘 Learn more: www.metastraproject.eu/project/stak...
November 5, 2025 at 10:52 AM
📣 We’re excited to share our new #METASTRA patient infographic!
🩺 METASTRA is developing a decision support system (DSS) to help doctors personalise surgical treatment for patients with spinal metastases.
📘 Learn more: www.metastraproject.eu/project/stak...
🩺 METASTRA is developing a decision support system (DSS) to help doctors personalise surgical treatment for patients with spinal metastases.
📘 Learn more: www.metastraproject.eu/project/stak...
🎥 Jorrit-Jan Verlaan (UMC Utrecht) on the key issue across the pathway: find patients in time.
Early ID enables better workup & planning, reducing over/undertreatment.
Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tB94...
Early ID enables better workup & planning, reducing over/undertreatment.
Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tB94...
Why Finding Patients in Time Matters with Jorrit-Jan Verlaan
YouTube video by METASTRA Project
www.youtube.com
October 14, 2025 at 6:44 AM
🎥 Jorrit-Jan Verlaan (UMC Utrecht) on the key issue across the pathway: find patients in time.
Early ID enables better workup & planning, reducing over/undertreatment.
Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tB94...
Early ID enables better workup & planning, reducing over/undertreatment.
Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tB94...
A glimpse of Luca Cristofolini’s (Università di Bologna) presentation in Adelaide. 📸
Big thanks to everyone who stopped by! #ICORS2025 🙌
Big thanks to everyone who stopped by! #ICORS2025 🙌
October 8, 2025 at 8:06 AM
A glimpse of Luca Cristofolini’s (Università di Bologna) presentation in Adelaide. 📸
Big thanks to everyone who stopped by! #ICORS2025 🙌
Big thanks to everyone who stopped by! #ICORS2025 🙌
#WorldCancerResearchDay: Spinal metastasis makes fracture decisions hard. 🔬
METASTRA is building an AI + physiology-based decision support tool to assess vertebral fracture risk.
More: www.metastraproject.eu
METASTRA is building an AI + physiology-based decision support tool to assess vertebral fracture risk.
More: www.metastraproject.eu
September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
#WorldCancerResearchDay: Spinal metastasis makes fracture decisions hard. 🔬
METASTRA is building an AI + physiology-based decision support tool to assess vertebral fracture risk.
More: www.metastraproject.eu
METASTRA is building an AI + physiology-based decision support tool to assess vertebral fracture risk.
More: www.metastraproject.eu
As the EU AI Act enters into force, #METASTRA maps AI-specific risks and evidence into its QMS to avoid re-work later—pairing science with certification pathways. 🙌
Watch the interview with Christophe Amiel and find out more 🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4b1...
Watch the interview with Christophe Amiel and find out more 🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4b1...
METASTRA DSS: AI-Driven Fracture Risk, Built for EU Compliance with Christophe Amiel
YouTube video by METASTRA Project
www.youtube.com
September 8, 2025 at 9:27 AM
As the EU AI Act enters into force, #METASTRA maps AI-specific risks and evidence into its QMS to avoid re-work later—pairing science with certification pathways. 🙌
Watch the interview with Christophe Amiel and find out more 🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4b1...
Watch the interview with Christophe Amiel and find out more 🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4b1...
📣 Introducing InSilicoTrials as a member of the #METASTRA consortium!
They’re building our cloud-based Decision Support System (DSS) to bring AI-driven tools straight to clinicians — simple, fast, and patient-focused.
👉 www.metastraproject.eu/consortium/i...
#AIinHealthcare #medtech
They’re building our cloud-based Decision Support System (DSS) to bring AI-driven tools straight to clinicians — simple, fast, and patient-focused.
👉 www.metastraproject.eu/consortium/i...
#AIinHealthcare #medtech
August 20, 2025 at 7:15 AM
📣 Introducing InSilicoTrials as a member of the #METASTRA consortium!
They’re building our cloud-based Decision Support System (DSS) to bring AI-driven tools straight to clinicians — simple, fast, and patient-focused.
👉 www.metastraproject.eu/consortium/i...
#AIinHealthcare #medtech
They’re building our cloud-based Decision Support System (DSS) to bring AI-driven tools straight to clinicians — simple, fast, and patient-focused.
👉 www.metastraproject.eu/consortium/i...
#AIinHealthcare #medtech