FDA clears Siemens’ intelligent radiography system, plus more radiology vendor news
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared a new intelligent radiography system from Siemens Healthineers, the imaging giant announced Monday.
YSIO X.pree, as it’s called, is a ceiling-mounted imaging machine that deploys a “smart” interface to help guide technologists through the exam. It also includes a 3D camera for better patient positioning, along with intelligent noise elimination features and artificial intelligence-based cropping.
Niral Patel, VP of x-ray products for Siemens Healthineers North America, called the new system a “dramatic leap forward” in imaging, providing customers with an “unprecedented level of intuitive operation.”
CT tube also cleared
In other FDA news Monday, the agency also cleared Dunlee’s liquid metal-bearing CT replacement tube.
The Hamburg, Germany-based company said this new product features its Cool Glide technology, which provides a longer product life cycle by minimizing wear and tear. Its new DA200P40+LMB offers an alternative to the original equipment manufacturer’s liquid-metal bearing replacement tubes for certain CT scanners.
"Imaging departments are under tremendous pressure to keep healthcare accessible and to reduce operating costs, and by providing long-lasting, high-quality alternative x-ray tubes we are supporting them in this journey,”
Jan Laheij, commercial lead in imaging components for Dunlee, a Philips company brand, said in a statement.
Interoperability in Denmark
Royal Philips on Monday announced the completion of a regional informatics project to consolidate radiology information sharing across Southern Denmark.
The region now has a single system for storing, retrieving and viewing clinical images, including a dozen hospitals and more than 5,000 clinicians. All told, the exchange will service some 300 radiologists and nuclear medicine physicians who perform 1.5 million imaging exams annually, Philips noted.
“Easy access to medical patient data across complex healthcare systems fosters clinical collaboration and is essential to advance precision diagnosis,” Calum Cunningham, general manager of enterprise diagnostic informatics at Philips, said in a statement.
Rapid fire
A few more vendor news items of note, in rapid fashion:
- Medical imaging IT giant Sectra announced on Monday that its digital pathology solution now supports all high-volume scanners, a move that’s expected to improve cancer diagnoses and care.
- Volpara Health announced a partnership with the Sheila R. Veloz Breast Center on Monday, aimed at improving the effectiveness of mammography follow-up letters.
- Nuance Communications formed a new partnership with the Kettering Health Network around the company’s computer-assisted physician documentation solution.
- PACS vendor Radsource said it completed nine system installations in the third quarter of 2020.
- And finally, Canon Medical recently unveiled its new its new Aquilion Exceed LB CT radiation therapy planning system.
Marty Stempniak has covered healthcare since 2012, with his byline appearing in the American Hospital Association's member magazine, Modern Healthcare and McKnight's. Prior to that, he wrote about village government and local business for his hometown newspaper in Oak Park, Illinois. He won a Peter Lisagor and Gold EXCEL awards in 2017 for his coverage of the opioid epidemic.