AI-Rad Companion Prostate MR for Biopsy Support
Traditionally, the urologist has identified suspected areas of prostate cancer using written reports and pictograms of the prostate provided by the radiologist and based on MRI examinations, as well as acquired tissue samples from the areas in question using ultrasound-guided biopsy. The fusion procedure required manual segmentation of the prostate in the MRI images, which can take up to five minutes per patient.
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The AI-Rad Companion Prostate MR for Biopsy Support automatically segments the prostate and marks the organ's outer contour in seconds. The radiologist then simply marks the suspect areas and sends the annotated MRI images to the urologist for fusion with the ultrasound images during the biopsy. These targeted, MRI-supported biopsies can help the urologist detect significant prostate carcinomas and improve the quality of patient care.
Both new AI-Rad Companion software assistants can be used on MRI scanners from outside manufacturers and are available on teamplay,³ the Siemens Healthineers cloud-based platform that helps support compliance with the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the EU GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation). The software is seamlessly integrated into the existing clinical workflow and is DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine) compliant. The clinical images and all supporting information can be made available automatically in the picture archiving and communication system (PACS).
1 AI-Rad Companion Brain MR for Morphometry Analysis and Al-Rad Companion Prostate MR for Biopsy Support are 510(k) pending with the FDA and not yet commercially available in all countries.
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³ teamplay is not yet commercially available in all countries. For regulatory reasons, its future availability cannot be guaranteed. Please contact your local Siemens Healthineers organization for more details.
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