How OrthoCarolina is Using WBCT for Hip & Knee

At CurveBeam AI, we often talk about the clinical and workflow advantages of weight-bearing CT, but hearing directly from clinicians, technologists, and patients brings those benefits to life in a different way.

In this video, OrthoCarolina orthopedic surgeon Dr. Canaan Prater visits the imaging team to see firsthand how weight bearing CT fits into the patient experience and clinical workflow.

What stands out throughout the conversation is how approachable the experience feels for patients. Rather than lying down inside a traditional gantry, patients simply step into the system for a fast standing scan. The team discusses how the compact design can help reduce anxiety and claustrophobia while improving convenience and efficiency in a busy orthopedic practice.

The video also highlights the practical side of implementation: streamlined positioning and the ability to capture functional weight-bearing anatomy across multiple joints. Dr. Prater notes how useful these scans can be not only for knee replacement planning, but also for broader orthopedic applications.

Most importantly, the patient perspective reinforces what many orthopedic practices are already seeing in daily use: a simpler, more comfortable imaging experience that still delivers detailed three-dimensional information for clinical decision-making.

Watch the full video to see how weight-bearing CT is being integrated into real-world orthopedic workflows, from imaging setup through patient feedback and clinical evaluation.