May 9, 2022 – At the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) 2022 Annual Meeting, GE Healthcare is proud to continue expanding its pioneering deep learning image reconstruction solution, AIR Recon DL, to tens of thousands of installation base customers as an upgrade as well as new online purchases. its MR range of products. This represents an important moment in the democratization of artificial intelligence (AI) and deep learning for the benefit of healthcare systems and patients around the world.
Imaging more than 200 million patients in 2021meMR plays an increasingly important role in accurate diagnosis, helping clinicians detect neurodegenerative diseases, cancer, heart disease, and other diseases large and small. However, inconsistencies in access to some MR advances can have a significant impact on the availability and quality of medical care that clinicians can provide to patients.
Since we first saw the power of our AI-based deep learning image reconstruction technology, AIR Recon DL, we knew it could have an enormous clinical impact. “So, we all worked,” said Jie Zhou, president and CEO, MRI, GE Healthcare. “We’ve developed it for all anatomy; we’ve made it work on all strengths in the field — 1.5T, 3.0T and 7.0T — and most importantly we’ve made it available not only on our latest scanner models, but on all of our GE MR-mounted scanners as well. Which dates back more than 20 years. From first-time MR users to seasoned MR researchers, we want every GE MR customer — regardless of their scanner age — to benefit from state-of-the-art AI-based technology.”
To date, AIR Recon DL has benefited more than two million patients worldwide, with overwhelmingly positive feedback from clinicians, who celebrate clearer images and less noise for more confident patient diagnoses as well as a reduction of up to 50% in scan times in order to experience more comfortable patientSecondly. To build on this success, GE Healthcare has announced the ongoing expansion of the AIR Recon DL, developed on GE Healthcare’s smart Edison platform, to include PROPELLER motion-sensitive sequencing and 3D applications.Third. With this expansion, the AIR Recon DL covers approximately 90 percent of clinical MR sequences, regardless of the anatomy scanned.
These advances have proven particularly valuable to those who struggle to stay still during MR tests, such as pediatric patients, neurodegenerative patients and the elderly. “Patients don’t necessarily know that this feature is on or off,” said Dr. Shreyas Vasanawala, chief of pediatric radiology and director of MRI, Lucille Packard Hospital for Children at Stanford. “But they end up seeing that their appointment has gone faster, and for many Kids, we can only do the screening before they reach their maximum cooperation.”
In addition to a faster and more comfortable patient experience, the AIR Recon DL helps provide a more confident diagnosis to patients. Dr. Hollis Potter, Head of Radiology, Hospital for Special Surgery commented: “There is more detail in the image, especially in the lower matrix. On some conventionally processed MRI images, the trabecular bone pattern is poor, the nerves are confused and there is a lot of noise in the image. With the AIR Recon DL, the difference is astounding.”
AIR Recon DL brings greater efficiency to healthcare systems. The AI-based algorithm has been the subject of more than 12 international publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals covering various anatomy, with conclusions confirming the reliability, efficiency, and usefulness of deep learning-based enhancement of quantitative imaging across pathways of care. Today’s radiology departments continue to face multiple challenges – including increased workloads due to the backlog of cases from COVID-19, exponentially increasing patient numbers, industry-wide staff shortages and burnout.Fourthly,Fifth. As a result, there is a clear need for broad access to clinical MR solutions that can reduce the time required for diagnosis, improve patient productivity, and enhance the patient and staff experience.
To this end, GE Healthcare is proud to offer more than a dozen additional innovative MR solutions at ISMRM to help clinicians meet today’s challenging healthcare demands while improving access and delivering more personalized, high-quality care. This includes several solutions developed to help provide accurate healthcare for even the most challenging patients:
Prostate cancer patientsProstate cancer is the second most common type of cancer in men and the fourth most common type of cancer in generalVI. While conventional prostate imaging exams can be uncomfortably invasive and complex, AIR coils are lightweight and flexible, wrapping closely around patients, like a blanket, and providing incredible image quality. In combination with the AIR Recon DL, AIR coils drive maximum SNR and sharpness with 50% less scanning time while meeting PI-RADS standards for a faster, more comfortable and less invasive patient experience.
mothers and children: As an alternative when ionizing radiation is a concern, GE Healthcare offers oZTEo Solutions, a bone MRI solution that provides CT-like contrast for soft tissue assessment and bone imaging in the same test. This can ease the burden on the patient to attend two separate imaging modality appointments and may also lower healthcare costs.
Neurodegenerative patients: Individuals with neurodegenerative disorders — such as Alzheimer’s disease, Huntington’s disease, or Parkinson’s disease — often struggle to remain still during prolonged exams. In response, proprietary GE Healthcare designed the MotionFree Brainseventh on SIGNA PET/MR to provide a significant improvement in quantitative accuracy – especially for small brain lesions – and a more comfortable scanning experience for patients.
Patients with claustrophobia and obesityFor patients who are larger or have claustrophobia, GE Healthcare offers SIGNA EvoeighthWhich is designed for Enabling healthcare systems to convert their 3.0T, 1.5T and 60cm narrow bore MR systems into the latest 3.0T, 1.5T and 70cm bore MR systems – helping them accommodate more patients of all shapes and sizes. For healthcare systems, this solution will also magnetize the existing system, with the goal of enabling the potential for a 40 percent faster return on investment (ROI) rather than replacing the entire system.ninth.
In all, GE Healthcare is proud to launch a “Bold New World in MR” – a world focused on developing and increasing the availability of innovative technologies and solutions for MR users for the benefit of clinicians and patients around the world.
For more information: gehealthcare.com
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Third AIR Recon DL 3D and PROPELLER is 510(k) pending with the Food and Drug Administration. Not CE marked. Not available for sale in the US or EU. Not commercially available in all markets.
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VI “Prostate Cancer Statistics.” World Cancer Research Fund. Accessed May 2, 2022. https://www.wcrf.org/cancer-trends/prostate-cancer-statistics/
seventh MotionFree Brain is not CE rated. It may not be put on the market or put into service before it complies with the CE mark. Not commercially available in all markets.
eighth SIGNA Artist Evo is not yet CE Marked. It may not be put on the market or put into service before it complies with the CE mark. Not commercially available in all markets.
ninth Based on historical ROI for full system upgrades vs. full replacement.
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