Acuson Origin cardiovascular ultrasound system is trained on a huge cardiac image database
Siemens Healthineers has released the Acuson Origin, a dedicated cardiovascular ultrasound system with new AI features. Designed to improve patient outcomes and help clinicians perform minimally invasive cardiac procedures more efficiently, the Acuson Origin addresses the whole of cardiovascular patient care, including diagnostic, structural heart, electrophysiological and paediatric procedures.
“Siemens Healthineers is committed to shaping the future of ultrasound imaging by empowering healthcare professionals with the latest cutting-edge tools,” said head of ultrasound for Great Britain, Ireland and the Nordics Mike Arbaugh.
Siemens says the suite of AI-powered features for measurements, view recognition and imaging assistance have been trained on the world’s largest cardiac image database and can save the user time on diagnostic echocardiography procedures by providing automated measurements that are accurate and reproducible.
More than 500 AI-powered measurements on trans- thoracic (TTE) and transoesophageal (TEE) echocardiography are designed to enhance cardiovascular workflows and reduce variability.
The system delivers automated contouring and quantification of all four cardiac chambers without the need for an ECG via the 2D and 4D HeartAI features. Using the latest advances in AI, 2D HeartAI opens up auto tracking on contrast images. 4D HeartAI is a dual modality advancement for 4D auto contouring of all four chambers in 4D TTE and both ventricles in 4D TEE, averaging up to five beats with or without ECG. In addition, the system provides real-time cardiac view recognition. AI Assist, a new, AI-driven feature specific to TTE, recognises cardiac structures the moment the transducer makes contact with the chest wall. The initial implementation of this cardiac view classification feature is colour and spectral Doppler placement.
Picture: Acuson Origin is a dedicated cardiovascular ultrasound system with AI features.
Published on page 8 of the October 2023 issue of RAD Magazine.
