Optellum
Optellum is a lung AI precision-care company whose Virtual Nodule Clinic and Lung Cancer Prediction AI aim to diagnose lung cancer earlier.
Last updated September 15, 2026
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Overview
Optellum is a company building a lung precision care platform, with a stated mission to catch lung cancer earlier to reduce time to diagnosis and treatment and help triple the chances of survival. Its early lung cancer diagnosis solution, the Virtual Nodule Clinic (VNC), is designed to discover, track and assess risk of malignancy in lung nodule patients, integrating with EHR and PACS and powered by Optellum Lung Cancer Prediction (LCP) AI, described as the world's only FDA-cleared and UKCA/CE-marked reimbursable radiomics AI solution for lung cancer diagnosis. The company states its Virtual Nodule Clinic helps discover and automatically prioritize lung nodule patients, enabling health systems to find more lung cancer cases and reduce time to diagnosis, and cites real-world impact including more than 71% more interventional procedures, more than 50% reduction in time to diagnosis, and more than 1 million patient images analyzed per year. Optellum was founded in 2016 by former Oxford University Computer Vision lab scientists.
History
Optellum was founded in 2016 by former Oxford University Computer Vision lab scientists. In 2018, Optellum introduced the Virtual Nodule Clinic and LCP AI. The company states it is building the lung precision care platform of the future, with a mission to catch lung cancer earlier to reduce time to diagnosis and treatment and help triple the chances of survival.
Products and positioning
AI-powered precision care for every thoracic care team in every hospital; early lung cancer diagnosis solution.
Virtual Nodule Clinic (VNC)
Early lung cancer diagnosis solution for discovering, tracking and assessing risk of malignancy in lung nodule patients; integrates with EHR and PACS.
Optellum Lung Cancer Prediction (LCP) AI
Described as the world's only FDA-cleared and UKCA/CE-marked reimbursable radiomics AI solution for lung cancer diagnosis.
Recent events
Optellum appoints Jason Pesterfield as CEO[3]
Reported:
Optellum appointed Jason Pesterfield as CEO to lead growth in the US clinical market.
Optellum and Johnson & Johnson Lung Cancer Initiative enter collaboration[4]
Reported:
Optellum entered a strategic collaboration with the Lung Cancer Initiative at Johnson & Johnson, applying its AI-powered clinical decision-support platform with the stated goal of increasing lung cancer survival through early intervention and prevention.
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