09/01/2026
“Weight-bearing CT is not simply a diagnostic imaging tool. It is a quantitative 3D dataset that can support an entire research and clinical decision-making pipeline.”
In the latest episode of CurveBeam AI Cast, Soheil Ashkani-Esfahani, MD, MPH, joins host Vinti Singh to discuss how the Foot and Ankle Research and Innovation Laboratory, or FARIL, connects clinical questions with advanced imaging, biomechanics, AI and engineering.
Dr. Ashkani-Esfahani is Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at Harvard Medical School and Director of FARIL at Massachusetts General Hospital.
The episode explores how FARIL uses weight-bearing CT to study deformity, alignment, instability and joint mechanics under natural load, and how the resulting 3D datasets can support patient-specific analysis, automated measurements, finite element analysis and surgical simulation.
Dr. Ashkani-Esfahani also discusses diagnostic confidence and why some of the value of reaching a clear clinical decision earlier can be difficult to capture in a traditional ROI analysis.
Link to the full episode in comments.