(120 days)
Not Found
Yes
The device description explicitly mentions "Proposing automatic solutions to the user, such as an automatic delineation... towards improving standardization of processes/ performance / reducing user tedious / time consuminq involvement." and "generate automatically... the contours for the organs at risk and healthy lymph nodes on CT images." While the terms AI or ML are not directly used in the "Mentions AI, DNN, or ML" section, the functionality described (automatic delineation/segmentation based on medical practices) is a common application of AI/ML in medical imaging. The performance studies also focus on "Autosegmentation performances," further supporting the use of automated algorithms likely powered by AI/ML.
No
Explanation: The device is a software tool used for image processing and assisting in the contouring process for radiotherapy planning. It does not directly treat or prevent diseases, but rather supports the planning phase of a therapeutic intervention.
No.
The device is intended to assist in the contouring process for radiotherapy planning, which is a treatment planning step, not a diagnostic step. It helps in delineating anatomical regions on images, but it does not diagnose a condition or provide a medical diagnosis on its own.
Yes
The device is described as a software application comprised of two modules, SmartFuse and Annotate, that processes, renders, reviews, stores, displays, and distributes DICOM data. The description focuses solely on software functionalities and does not mention any associated hardware components that are part of the device itself.
Based on the provided information, this device is not an IVD (In Vitro Diagnostic).
Here's why:
- IVD Definition: In vitro diagnostics are tests performed on samples taken from the human body, such as blood, urine, or tissue, to detect diseases, conditions, or infections. They are used to provide information for diagnosis, monitoring, or screening.
- ART-Plan's Function: ART-Plan is a software designed to assist in the contouring process on medical images for radiotherapy planning. It processes and visualizes existing medical images (CT, PET, MR) of cancer patients. It does not analyze biological samples from the patient's body.
- Intended Use: The intended use clearly states that the software assists in the contouring of anatomical regions on 3D images. This is an image processing and visualization task, not an in vitro diagnostic test.
- Device Description: The device description focuses on image processing, rendering, review, storage, and display of DICOM compliant datasets. It describes functionalities related to image fusion, segmentation, and visualization.
- Lack of Biological Sample Analysis: There is no mention of the device analyzing any biological samples or providing diagnostic information based on such analysis.
Therefore, ART-Plan falls under the category of medical image processing and analysis software, not an in vitro diagnostic device.
No
The provided text explicitly states "Control Plan Authorized (PCCP): Not Found," and it does not contain any language indicating that the FDA has reviewed, approved, or cleared a PCCP for this device.
Intended Use / Indications for Use
ART-Plan is a software designed to assist the contouring process of the target anatomical regions on 3D-images of cancer patients for whom radiotherapy treatment has been planned.
The SmartFuse module allows the user to register combinations of anatomical and functional images and display them with fused and non-fused displays to facilitate the comparison and delineation of image data by the user.
The images created with rigid or elastic registrations, potential modifications, and then the validation of a trained user with professional qualifications in anatomy and radiotherapy.
With the Annotate module, users can edit manually and semi-automatically the contours for the regions of interest. It also allows to generate automatically, and based on medical practices, the contours for the organs at risk and healthy lymph nodes on CT images.
The contours created automatically, semi-automatically or manually require verifications, and then the validation of a trained user with professional qualifications in anatomy and radiotherapy.
The device is intended to be used in a clinical setting, by trained professionals only.
Product codes (comma separated list FDA assigned to the subject device)
QKB
Device Description
The ART-Plan application is comprised of two kev modules: SmartFuse and Annotate, allowing the user to display and visualize 3D multi-modal medical image data. The user may process, render, review, store, display and distribute DICOM 3.0 compliant datasets within the system and/or across computer networks. Supported modalities include static and gated CT (computerized tomography), PET (positron emission tomography), and MR (magnetic resonance).
The overview of the product, in terms of input/output, functionalities and integration within the current clinical workflow for radiation therapy planning.
The ART-Plan technical functionalities claimed by TheraPanacea are the following:
- Proposing automatic solutions to the user, such as an automatic delineation, automatic multimodal image fusion, etc. towards improving standardization of processes/ performance / reducing user tedious / time consuminq involvement.
- Offering to the user a set of tools to assist semi-automatic delineation, semi-automatic registration towards modifying/editing manually automatically generated structures and addinq/removing new/undesired structures or imposing user-provided correspondences constraints on the fusion of multimodal images.
- Presenting to the user a set of visualization methods of the delineated structures, and registration fusion maps.
- Saving the delineated structures / fusion results for use in the dosimetry process.
- Enabling rigid and deformable registration of patients images sets to combine information contained in different or same modalities.
Mentions image processing
Yes
Mentions AI, DNN, or ML
Yes
Input Imaging Modality
Registration: Static and gated CT, MR, PET (via the registration of the CT of said PET)
Segmentation: CT (injected or not), DICOM RTSTRUCT
Anatomical Site
head and neck, thorax/breast (for male/female), abdomen, pelvis (for male only), brain.
target anatomical regions
organs at risk and healthy lymph nodes
Indicated Patient Age Range
Not stated
Intended User / Care Setting
trained professionals only, in a clinical setting.
Description of the training set, sample size, data source, and annotation protocol
Not Found
Description of the test set, sample size, data source, and annotation protocol
Not Found
Summary of Performance Studies (study type, sample size, AUC, MRMC, standalone performance, key results)
Non-Clinical Tests (Performance/Physical Data):
- Usability Testing: The ART-Plan was assessed with regards to usability for compliance with IEC 62366. Results: Passed.
- Autosegmentation performances: The study gathers the information on the 3 tests performed on the automatic segmentation performances on European data. Results: Passed.
- Autosegmentation performances according to AAPM requirements: The testing demonstrated that the auto-segmentation algorithm of the module Annotate provides acceptable contours for the concerned structures on an image of a patient. Results: Passed.
- Autosegmentation performances against MIM: The testing demonstrated that the auto-segmentation algorithm of the module Annotate provides acceptable contours for the concerned structures on an image of a patient. Results: Passed.
- Qualitative validation of autoseqmentation performances: The testing demonstrated that the auto-segmentation algorithm of the module Annotate provides acceptable contours for the concerned structures on an image of a patient. Results: Passed.
- External Contour performances according to AAPM requirements: The testing demonstrated that the External Contour Automatic Segmentation algorithm of the module Annotate provides acceptable contours for the patient's body on an image of a patient. Results: Passed.
- Fusion performances according to AAPM recommendations: The testing evaluated the quality of the rigid and deformable registration tools of the SmartFuse module on retrospective intra-patient images and inter-patient images of different modalities, to ensure the safety of the device for clinical use. Results: Passed.
- Registration performances on POPI-model: The testing evaluated the quality of the deformable registration tools of the SmartFuse module on intra-patient CT images. Testing was conducted according to POPI-model protocol on corresponding public data. Results: Passed.
- Autosegmentation performances on US data: The testing demonstrated that the autosegmentation algorithm of the Annotate module provides clinically acceptable contours for the concerned structures when applied to US patients. Results: Passed.
- Pilot study for sample size estimation - literature review: The testing was a pilot study estimating a consistent sample size of dataset for our performance testing's considering the state-of-art studies in image registration and segmentation. The literature review was completed on the most cited articles in the field of medical vision. Results: Passed.
- System Verification and Validation Testing: The system verification and validation testing was performed to verify the software of the ART-Plan. Results: Passed.
Clinical Studies: No clinical studies were conducted as part of submission to prove substantial equivalence.
Key Metrics (Sensitivity, Specificity, PPV, NPV, etc.)
Not Found
Predicate Device(s): If the device was cleared using the 510(k) pathway, identify the Predicate Device(s) K/DEN number used to claim substantial equivalence and list them here in a comma separated list exactly as they appear in the text. List the primary predicate first in the list.
K191928, K130393, K181572, K071964
Reference Device(s): Identify the Reference Device(s) K/DEN number and list them here in a comma separated list exactly as they appear in the text.
Not Found
Predetermined Change Control Plan (PCCP) - All Relevant Information for the subject device only (e.g. presence / absence, what scope was granted / cleared under the PCCP, any restrictions, etc).
Not Found
§ 892.2050 Medical image management and processing system.
(a)
Identification. A medical image management and processing system is a device that provides one or more capabilities relating to the review and digital processing of medical images for the purposes of interpretation by a trained practitioner of disease detection, diagnosis, or patient management. The software components may provide advanced or complex image processing functions for image manipulation, enhancement, or quantification that are intended for use in the interpretation and analysis of medical images. Advanced image manipulation functions may include image segmentation, multimodality image registration, or 3D visualization. Complex quantitative functions may include semi-automated measurements or time-series measurements.(b)
Classification. Class II (special controls; voluntary standards—Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) Std., Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) Std., Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) Test Pattern).
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TheraPanacea % Mr. Edwin Lindsay QA/RA Consultant Pépinière Cochin Paris Santé 29 rue du Faubourg Saint-Jacques Paris. 75014 FRANCE
Re: K202700
Trade/Device Name: ART-Plan Regulation Number: 21 CFR 892.2050 Regulation Name: Picture archiving and communications system Regulatory Class: Class II Product Code: QKB Dated: December 9, 2020 Received: December 14, 2020
Dear Mr. Lindsay:
We have reviewed your Section 510(k) premarket notification of intent to market the device referenced above and have determined the device is substantially equivalent (for the indications for use stated in the enclosure) to legally marketed predicate devices marketed in interstate commerce prior to May 28, 1976, the enactment date of the Medical Device Amendments, or to devices that have been reclassified in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (Act) that do not require approval of a premarket approval application (PMA). You may, therefore, market the device, subject to the general controls provisions of the Act. Although this letter refers to your product as a device, please be aware that some cleared products may instead be combination products. The 510(k) Premarket Notification Database located at https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfpmn/pmn.cfm identifies combination product submissions. The general controls provisions of the Act include requirements for annual registration, listing of devices, good manufacturing practice, labeling, and prohibitions against misbranding and adulteration. Please note: CDRH does not evaluate information related to contract liability warranties. We remind you, however, that device labeling must be truthful and not misleading.
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Enclosure
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Indications for Use
510(k) Number (if known) K202700
Device Name ART-Plan
Indications for Use (Describe)
ART-Plan is a software designed to assist the contouring process of the target anatomical regions on 3D-images of cancer patients for whom radiotherapy treatment has been planned.
The SmartFuse module allows the user to register combinations of anatomical and functional images and display them with fused and non-fused displays to facilitate the comparison and delineation of image data by the user.
The images created with rigid or elastic registrations, potential modifications, and then the validation of a trained user with professional qualifications in anatomy and radiotherapy.
With the Annotate module, users can edit manually and semi-automatically the contours for the regions of interest. It also allows to generate automatically, and based on medical practices, the contours for the organs at risk and healthy lymph nodes on CT images.
The contours created automatically, semi-automatically or manually require verifications, and then the validation of a trained user with professional qualifications in anatomy and radiotherapy.
The device is intended to be used in a clinical setting, by trained professionals only.
Type of Use (Select one or both, as applicable) | |
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Prescription Use (Part 21 CFR 801 Subpart D) | Over-The-Counter Use (21 CFR 801 Subpart C) |
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510(k) Summary
This 510(k) Summary is submitted in accordance with 21 CFR Part 807, Section 807.92.
Submitter's Name:
TheraPanacea
Submitter's Address:
Pépinière Cochin Paris Santé 29 rue du Faubourg Saint-Jacques 75014 Paris France
Telephone: +33 9 62 52 78 19
Establishment Registration Number:
Still to be established
Contact Person:
Edwin Lindsay
Telephone +44 (0) 7917134922
Date Prepared:
7th September 2020
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Below summaries the Device Classification Information regarding the TheraPanacea ART-Plan:
Primary Product Code:
| Regulation
Number | Device | Device
Class | Product
Code | Classification
Panel |
|----------------------|---------------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
| 892.2050 | Medical device software,
radiology | Class 2 | QKB | Radiology |
Device Trade Name:
ART-Plan
Device Common Name:
ART-Plan
Intended/ Indications Use:
ART-Plan is a software designed to assist the contouring process of the target anatomical reqions on 3D-images of cancer patients for whom radiotherapy treatment has been planned.
The SmartFuse module allows the user to register combinations of anatomical and functional images and display them with fused and non-fused displays to facilitate the comparison and delineation of image data by the user.
The images created with rigid or elastic registration require verifications, potential modifications, and then the validation of a trained user with professional qualifications in anatomy and radiotherapy.
With the Annotate module, users can edit manually and semi-automatically the contours for the regions of interest. It also allows to generate automatically, and based on medical practices, the contours for the orqans at risk and healthy lymph nodes on CT images.
The contours created automatically, semi-automatically or manually require verifications, potential modifications, and then the validation of a trained user with professional qualifications in anatomy and radiotherapy.
The device is intended to be used in a clinical setting, by trained professionals only.
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Summary of Substantial Equivalence:
The following predicate devices have been that the ART-Plan can claim equivalence with and these are detailed below
General Comparison
General Information | |||||||
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Property | Proposed Device | ||||||
ART-Plan | Primary | ||||||
Predicate | |||||||
AccuContour | Secondary | ||||||
Predicate | |||||||
RTx | Secondary | ||||||
Predicate | |||||||
Workflow Box | Secondary Predicate | ||||||
MIM4.1 (SEASTAR) | Comment | ||||||
Common | |||||||
Name | Radiological | ||||||
image processing | |||||||
software for | |||||||
radiation therapy | Radiological | ||||||
image processing | |||||||
software for | |||||||
radiation therapy | System, image | ||||||
processing, | |||||||
radiological | System, image | ||||||
processing, | |||||||
radiological | System, image processing, | ||||||
radiological | N/A | ||||||
Device | |||||||
Manufacturer | TheraPanacea | Xiamen Manteia | |||||
Technology LTD | Mirada Medical Ltd. | Mirada Medical Ltd. | MIMvista Corp (now MIM Software | ||||
Inc) | N/A | ||||||
510k | N/A | K191928 | K130393 | K181572 | K071964 | N/A | |
Device | |||||||
Classification | II | II | II | II | II | N/A | |
Primary | |||||||
Product | |||||||
Code | QKB | QKB | LLZ | LLZ | LLZ | As advised by the FDA the new | |
product code, QKB, has been | |||||||
created in-lieu of LLZ which uses | |||||||
Al algorithms and is intended for | |||||||
radiation therapy, and is the | |||||||
proposed product code for ART- | |||||||
Plan. | |||||||
Secondary | |||||||
Product | |||||||
Code | - | - | - | - | - | N/A | |
Target | |||||||
Population | Any patient type | ||||||
for whom relevant | |||||||
modality scan data | |||||||
is available | Not stated | Any patient type for | |||||
whom relevant | |||||||
modality scan data | |||||||
is available. | Any patient type for | ||||||
whom relevant | |||||||
modality scan data | |||||||
is available. | Not stated | The proposed device has | |||||
identical target populations to the | |||||||
secondary predicates. | |||||||
Environment | Hospital | Hospital | Hospital | Hospital | Hospital | The proposed device and | |
predicates have identical | |||||||
target environments | |||||||
Intended | |||||||
Use/ | |||||||
Indication for | Intended Use | ||||||
ART-Plan is a | |||||||
software designed | It is used by | ||||||
radiation | |||||||
oncology | Workflow Box is a | ||||||
system designed to | |||||||
allow users to route | RTx is intended to | ||||||
be used by trained | |||||||
medical | Intended Use | ||||||
MIM 4.1 (SEASTAR) software is | |||||||
intended for trained medical | The intended use and | ||||||
indications for use of the | |||||||
proposed device, ART-Plan | |||||||
General Information | |||||||
Property | Proposed Device | ||||||
ART-Plan | Primary | ||||||
Predicate | |||||||
AccuContour | Secondary | ||||||
Predicate | |||||||
RTx | Secondary | ||||||
Predicate | |||||||
Workflow Box | Secondary Predicate | ||||||
MIM4.1 (SEASTAR) | Comment | ||||||
Use | to assist the | ||||||
contouring | |||||||
process of the | |||||||
target | |||||||
anatomical | |||||||
regions on 3D- | |||||||
images of cancer | |||||||
patients for whom | |||||||
radiotherapy | |||||||
treatment has | |||||||
been planned. | |||||||
The SmartFuse | |||||||
module allows the | |||||||
user to register | |||||||
combinations of | |||||||
anatomical and | |||||||
functional images | |||||||
and display them | |||||||
with fused and | |||||||
non-fused displays | |||||||
to facilitate the | |||||||
comparison and | |||||||
delineation of | |||||||
image data by the | |||||||
user. | |||||||
The images | |||||||
created with rigid | |||||||
or elastic | |||||||
registration require | |||||||
verifications, | |||||||
potential | |||||||
modifications, and | |||||||
then the validation | |||||||
of a trained user | |||||||
with professional | |||||||
qualifications in | |||||||
anatomy and | |||||||
radiotherapy. | |||||||
With the Annotate | |||||||
module, users can | department to | ||||||
register | |||||||
multimodality | |||||||
images and | |||||||
segment (non- | |||||||
contrast) CT | |||||||
images, to | |||||||
generate needed | |||||||
information for | |||||||
treatment | |||||||
planning, | |||||||
treatment | |||||||
evaluation and | |||||||
treatment | |||||||
adaptation. | DICOM-compliant | ||||||
data to and from | |||||||
automated | |||||||
processing | |||||||
components. | |||||||
Workflow Box | |||||||
includes processing | |||||||
components for | |||||||
automatically | |||||||
contouring imaging | |||||||
data using | |||||||
deformable image | |||||||
registration and | |||||||
machine learning | |||||||
based algorithms. | |||||||
Workflow Box must | |||||||
be used in | |||||||
conjunction with | |||||||
appropriate | |||||||
software to review | |||||||
and edit results | |||||||
generated | |||||||
automatically by | |||||||
Workflow Box | |||||||
components, for | |||||||
example image | |||||||
visualization | |||||||
software must be | |||||||
used to facilitate the | |||||||
review and edit of | |||||||
contours generated | |||||||
by Workflow Box | |||||||
component | |||||||
applications. | |||||||
Workflow Box is not | |||||||
intended to | |||||||
automatically detect | |||||||
lesions. | professionals | ||||||
including, but not | |||||||
limited to, | |||||||
radiologists, nuclear | |||||||
medicine | |||||||
physicians, | |||||||
radiation | |||||||
oncologists, | |||||||
dosimetrists and | |||||||
physicists. | |||||||
RTx is a software | |||||||
application intended | |||||||
to display and | |||||||
visualize 2D & 3D | |||||||
multi-modal medical | |||||||
image data. The | |||||||
user may process, | |||||||
render, review, | |||||||
store, print and | |||||||
distribute DICOM | |||||||
3.0 | |||||||
compliant datasets | |||||||
within the system | |||||||
and/or across | |||||||
computer networks. | |||||||
Supported | |||||||
modalities | |||||||
include static and | |||||||
gated a, PET, MR, | |||||||
SPECT and planar | |||||||
NM. The user may | |||||||
also create, display, | |||||||
print, store and | |||||||
distribute reports | |||||||
resulting from | |||||||
interpretation of the | |||||||
datasets. | |||||||
RTx allows the user | |||||||
to register | |||||||
combinations of | professionals including, but not | ||||||
limited to, radiologists, | |||||||
oncologists, physicians, medical | |||||||
technologists, dosimetrists and | |||||||
physicists. | |||||||
MIM 4.1 (SEASTAR) is a | |||||||
medical image and information | |||||||
management system that is | |||||||
intended to receive, transmit, | |||||||
store, retrieve, display, print and | |||||||
process digital medical images, | |||||||
as well as create, display and | |||||||
print reports from those images. | |||||||
The medical modalities of these | |||||||
medical imaging systems | |||||||
include, but are not limited to, | |||||||
CT, MRI, CR, DX, MG, US, | |||||||
SPECT, PET and XA as | |||||||
supported by ACR/NEMA | |||||||
DICOM 3.0. | |||||||
MIM 4.1 (SEASTAR) provides | |||||||
the user with the means to | |||||||
display, register and fuse | |||||||
medical images from multiple | |||||||
modalities. Additionally, it | |||||||
evaluates cardiac left ventricular | |||||||
function and perfusion, including | |||||||
left ventricular end-diastolic | |||||||
volume, end-systolic volume, | |||||||
and ejection fraction. The | |||||||
Region of Interest (ROI) feature | |||||||
reduces the time necessary for | |||||||
the user to define objects in | |||||||
medical image volumes by | |||||||
providing an initial definition of | |||||||
object contours. The objects | |||||||
include, but are not limited to, | |||||||
tumors and normal tissues. | and the primary predicate | ||||||
AccuContour are the same in | |||||||
that they are software | |||||||
applications intended for | |||||||
professional use to | |||||||
display and visualize multi- | |||||||
modal medical image data. | |||||||
Supported modalities include | |||||||
CT, PET, and MR. | |||||||
The proposed device is also | |||||||
identical to the primary | |||||||
predicate in that it offers the | |||||||
same two key features of the | |||||||
planning process in | |||||||
radiotherapy: image | |||||||
registration and | |||||||
segmentation. | |||||||
In both devices, segmentation | |||||||
can only be performed on CT | |||||||
modality; registration can be | |||||||
done from every supported | |||||||
modality toward a CT with | |||||||
deformable registration. | |||||||
The proposed device may | |||||||
differ from the primary | |||||||
predicate in a) the list of | |||||||
structures included in | |||||||
automatic segmentation | |||||||
algorithm b) the presence or | |||||||
not of a rigid registration | |||||||
algorithm, which is a | |||||||
reduction compared to the | |||||||
deformable registration that is | |||||||
provided by ART-Plan. | |||||||
However, not enough | |||||||
information on these two | |||||||
aspects is provided on the | |||||||
Property | Proposed Device | ||||||
ART-Plan | Primary | ||||||
Predicate | |||||||
AccuContour | Secondary | ||||||
Predicate | |||||||
RTx | Secondary Predicate | ||||||
Workflow Box | General Information | ||||||
Secondary Predicate | |||||||
MIM4.1 (SEASTAR) | Comment | ||||||
edit manually and | |||||||
semi-automatically | |||||||
the contours for | |||||||
the regions of | |||||||
interest. It | |||||||
also allows to | |||||||
generate | |||||||
automatically, and | |||||||
based on medical | |||||||
practices, the | |||||||
contours for the | |||||||
organs at risk and | |||||||
healthy lymph | |||||||
nodes on CT | |||||||
images. | |||||||
The contours | |||||||
created | |||||||
automatically, | |||||||
semi-automatically | |||||||
or manually | |||||||
require | |||||||
verifications, | |||||||
potential | |||||||
modifications, and | |||||||
then the validation | |||||||
of a trained user | |||||||
with professional | |||||||
qualifications in | |||||||
anatomy and | |||||||
radiotherapy. | |||||||
The device is | |||||||
intended to be | |||||||
used in a clinical | |||||||
setting, by trained | |||||||
professionals only. | anatomical and | ||||||
functional images | |||||||
and display | |||||||
them with fused and | |||||||
non-fused displays | |||||||
to facilitate the | |||||||
comparison of | |||||||
image data by the | |||||||
user. The result of | |||||||
the registration | |||||||
operation can assist | |||||||
the user in | |||||||
assessing changes | |||||||
in image | |||||||
data; either within or | |||||||
between | |||||||
examinations and | |||||||
aims to help the | |||||||
user obtain a better | |||||||
understanding of | |||||||
the combined | |||||||
information that | |||||||
would otherwise | |||||||
have to be visually | |||||||
compared | |||||||
disjointedly. | |||||||
RTx provides a | |||||||
number of tools | |||||||
such as rulers and | |||||||
region of interests, | |||||||
which are intended | |||||||
to | |||||||
be used for the | |||||||
assessment of | |||||||
regions of an image | |||||||
to support a clinical | |||||||
workflow. Examples | |||||||
of | |||||||
such workflows | |||||||
include, but are not | MIM 4.1 (SEASTAR) provides | ||||||
tools to quickly create, | |||||||
transform, and modify | |||||||
contours for applications | |||||||
including, but not limited to, | |||||||
quantitative analysis, aiding | |||||||
adaptive therapy, transferring | |||||||
contours to radiation therapy | |||||||
treatment planning systems and | |||||||
archiving contours for patient | |||||||
follow-up and management. |
MIM 4.1 (SEASTAR) also aids
in the assessment of
PET/SPECT brain scans. It
provides automated quantitative
and statistical analysis by
automatically registering
PET/SPECT brain scans to a
standard template and
comparing intensity values to a
reference database or to other
PET/SPECT scans on a voxel
by voxel basis, within
stereotactic surface projections
or standardized regions of
interest.
Indications for Use
MIM 4.1 (SEASTAR) software is
used by trained medical
professionals as a tool to aid in
evaluation and information
management of digital medical
images. The
medical image modalities
include, but are not limited to,
CT, MRI, CR, DX, MG | side of the primary predicate. | |
| | | General Information | | | | | |
| Property | Proposed Device
ART-Plan | Primary
Predicate
AccuContour | Secondary
Predicate
RTx | Secondary
Predicate
Workflow Box | Secondary Predicate
MIM4.1 (SEASTAR) | Comment | |
| | | | | limited to, the
evaluation of the
presence or
absence of
lesions,
determination of
treatment response
and follow-up.
RTx supports the
loading and saving
of DICOM RT
objects and allows
the user to define,
import, display,
transform, store and
export such objects
including regions of
interest
structures and dose
volumes to radiation
therapy planning
systems. RTx
allows the user to
transform regions of
interest associated
with a particular
imaging dataset to
another,
supporting atlas-
based contouring
and rapid re-
contouring of the
same patient. | US, SPECT, PET and XA as
supported by ACR/NEMA
DICOM 3.0. MIM 4.1
(SEASTAR) assists in the
following indications:
- Receive, transmit, store,
retrieve, display, print, and
process medical images
and DICOM objects. - Create, display and print
reports from medical images. - Registration, fusion display,
and review of medical images
for diagnosis,
treatment evaluation, and
treatment planning. - Evaluation of cardiac left
ventricular function and
perfusion, including left
ventricular end-diastolic volume,
end-systolic volume, and
ejection fraction. - Localization and definition of
objects such as tumors and
normal tissues in
medical images. - Creation, transformation, and
modification of contours for
applications
including, but not limited to,
quantitative analysis, aiding
adaptive therapy,
transferring contours to radiation
therapy treatment planning
systems, and
archiving contours for patient
follow-up and management. - Quantitative and statistical
analysis of PET/SPECT brain | | |
| Property | Proposed Device
ART-Plan | Primary
Predicate
AccuContour | Secondary
Predicate
RTx | Secondary
Predicate
Workflow Box | Secondary Predicate
MIM4.1 (SEASTAR) | Comment | |
| | | | | | registered PET/SPECT brain
scans
Lossy compressed mammographic images and
digitized film screen images must not be reviewed for
primary image interpretations. Images that are printed to film
must be printed using a FDA-approved printer for the
diagnosis of digital mammography images.
Mammographic images must be viewed on a display
system that has been cleared by the FDA for the diagnosis of
digital mammography images. The software is not to be used | | |
| General Information | | | | | | | |
| | | System Information | | | | | |
| Property | Proposed
Device
ART-Plan | Primary
Predicate
AccuContour | Secondary
Predicate
RTx | Secondary
Predicate
Workflow Box | Secondary Predicate
MIM 4.1 (SEASTAR) | Comment | |
| Method of Use | Standalone
software
application
accessed via a
compliant
browser (Chrome
or Mozilla
Firefox) on a
personal
computer, tablet
or phone (In
case of
connection to the
platform with a
screen of a
phone or a
tablet, the user
must choose the
option for the
desktop site of
his
communication
device. The
platform is
optimally used
with 17 inches
and up screen.
Facilitates
display and
visualization of
data by user. | Standalone
software | Standalone software
application | Standalone software
application | Standalone software package | The proposed device and
predicates have identical
methods of use | |
| Computer
Platform and
Operating
System | Full web platform
Launch from
Google Chrome
or Mozilla Firefox | Windows | Workstation and
Server based
application
supporting Windows
Server 2008 R2 | Server based
application
supporting Microsoft
Windows 10 (64-bit)
and Microsoft | Windows 2000/XP | The proposed devices and
predicates are compatible with
identical operating systems | |
| | System Information | | | | | | |
| Property | Proposed
Device
ART-Plan | Primary
Predicate
AccuContour | Secondary
Predicate
RTx | Secondary
Predicate
Workflow Box | Secondary Predicate
MIM 4.1 (SEASTAR) | Comment | |
| | | | SP1 and Windows 7
(64-bit) | Windows Server
2016. | | | |
| Data
Visualization /
Graphical
Interface | Yes | Yes | Yes | None - the
proposed device
has no data
visualization
functionality. All data
processing is
automated and does
not require user
interaction. A control
interface is provided
for system
administration and
configuration only. | Yes | The proposed device is identical
to the primary predicate, and
secondary predicate, MIM 4.1, in
that it has a graphical interface.
Workflow Box is Al based but
has no interface. RTx is not Al
based but has an interface and
thus most of the tools of
Annotate for contour
edition/display | |
| Supported
Modalities | Registration:
Static and gated
CT, MR, PET
(via the
registration of
the CT of said
PET)
Segmentation:
CT (injected or
not), DICOM
RTSTRUCT | Registration:
Multimodality
DICOM fixed and
moving images
including CT,
MR, PET
Segmentation:
Non-contrast CT | Static and gated CT
and PET, MR,
SPECT, NM,
DICOM RT | CT, MR, DICOM
RTSTRUCT for
image
processing
Any valid DICOM
data for data routing | Medical image modalities include,
but are not limited to, CT, MRI,
CR, DX, MG, US, SPECT, PET
and XA as supported by
ACR/NEMA DICOM 3.0. | The proposed device is
compatible with the same
modalities as the primary
predicate on the registration
feature, which are CT, MR and
PET images in a DICOM format.
For both devices, supported
images can be fixed (static) or
moving (gated).
The primary predicate device
and ART-Plan are both
compatible only with CT images
on the segmentation feature.
The predicate device claims to
handle only non-injected CTs
while ART-Plan can be used
with injected CT images as well. | |
| | | System Information | | | | | |
| Property | Proposed
Device
ART-Plan | Primary
Predicate
AccuContour | Secondary
Predicate
RTx | Secondary
Predicate
Workflow Box | Secondary Predicate
MIM 4.1 (SEASTAR) | Comment | |
| | | | | | | explicitly mention the format
RTStruct in supported
modalities which correspond to
the format used to store
segmentation masks in
radiotherapy. The terms
"medical images and DICOM
data" are used by the primary
predicate device, which can
imply the management of
DICOM RTStruct.
Compared to secondary
predicates, ART-Plan claims
less supported modalities. | |
| Data Export | Distribution of
DICOM
compliant
Images into
other DICOM
compliant
systems. | Allows export of
medical images
and DICOM data | Distribution of
DICOM compliant
Images into other
DICOM compliant
systems. | Supports routing
and distribution of
images to other
DICOM nodes
including to custom
executables
determined by the
user. | The system has the ability to send
data to DICOM-ready devices for
image storage, retrieval and
transmission. | The proposed device and
primary predicates have
identical data export
capabilities. | |
| Comtibility | Compatible with
data from any
DICOM
compliant
scanners for the
applicable
modalities. | No Limitation on
scanner model,
DICOM 3.0
compliance
required.
Compatible with
Microsoft
Windows. | Compatible with
data from any
DICOM compliant
scanners for the
applicable
modalities. | Compatible with
data from any
DICOM compliant
scanners for the
applicable
modalities.
Integration with
Mirada DBx
application launcher | The software can receive,
transmit, store, retrieve, display,
print, and process DICOM objects
and medical image modalities
including, but not limited to, CT.
MRI, CR, DX, MG, US, SPECT,
PET and XA as supported by
ACR/NEMA DICOM 3.0. | The proposed device and
primary predicates have
identical compatibilities | |
| | | System Information | | | | | |
| Property | Proposed
Device
ART-Plan | Primary
Predicate
AccuContour | Secondary
Predicate
RTx | Secondary
Predicate
Workflow Box | Secondary Predicate
MIM 4.1 (SEASTAR) | Comment | |
| | | No Limitation on
treatment
planning system
(TPS) model,
DICOM 3.0
compliance
required. | | and data browser | | | |
| | | Technical Information | | | | | |
| Property | Proposed
Device
ART-Plan | Primary
Predicate
AccuContour | Secondary
Predicate
RTx | Secondary
Predicate
Workflow Box | Secondary Predicate
MIM4.1 (SEASTAR) | Comment | |
| Delineation
Method | Al | Al | Atlas | Al | Atlas | The proposed device, primary
predicate and secondary
predicate Workflow Box share
an Al delineation method. | |
| Image
registration | Multi-modal
and mono-
modal.
Rigid and
deformable
Automatic and
manual
initialization
(landmarks,
fusion box,
alignment).
Registration for
the purposes of
replanning/
recontouring
and Al-based
automatic
contouring. | Automatic
registration.
Multi-modal and
mono-modal.
Deformable
registration.
Intensity based
algorithm
Registration for
the purpose of
treatment
planning,
treatment
evaluation and
treatment
adaptation. | Manual and Landmark
Rigid. Automatic multi-
modal rigid. Mono-
modal and multi-modal
deformable registration.
Motion correction in
hybrid scans and gated
scans.
Registration for the
purposes of
replanning/recontouring
and atlas-based
contouring. | Registration for the
purposes of
replanning/
re-contouring and
Al based
contouring. The
algorithms used
for image
registration are the
same for both RTx
and Workflow Box
devices. | Registration, fusion display, and
review of medical images for
diagnosis, treatment
evaluation, and treatment
planning. | Both the predicate device and
ART-Plan offer mono-modal (CT-
CT) and multi-modal (CT/MR,
CT/PET) deformable registration.
The SmartFuse module of ART-
Plan also offers rigid
registration, which is a
reduction of the deformable
registration since the degree of
freedom of the transformation
are constrained.
Both devices offer an automatic
solution for registration. ART-
Plan also offers semi-automatic
registration by including manual
initialization tools in addition to
automatic initialization.
Secondary devices offer the
same options as the proposed
device: rigid and deformable
transformation. No information
is given on the possible
automatization of this process. | |
| Segmentation
Features | Automatically
delineates
OARs and
healthy lymph
nodes (on any | Automatically
delineates OAR
(on non-contrast
CT images) | Automatically
delineates any structure
(OAR or lymph node)
included in the atlas | Not stated. | The software automatically
generates contours using a
deformable registration technique
which registers pre-contoured
patients to target patients. | The proposed device and
primary predicate are capable of
automatically contouring the
organ-at-risk (OAR). | |
| | | Technical Information | | | | | |
| Property | Proposed
Device
ART-Plan | Primary
Predicate
AccuContour | Secondary
Predicate
RTx | Secondary
Predicate
Workflow Box | Secondary Predicate
MIM4.1 (SEASTAR) | Comment | |
| | CT images)
Deep learning
algorithm.
Automatic
segmentation
includes the
following
localizations:
- head and
neck - thorax/breast
(for
male/female) - abdomen
- pelvis (for
male only) - brain. | Deep learning
algorithm.
It can
automatically
contour the
organ-at-risk,
including head
and neck,
thorax, abdomen
and pelvis (for
both male and
female), | images.
Atlas algorithm (contour
registration)
Automatic
segmentation supports
any anatomy included
in atlas images. | | Registrations are either
between a serial pair of intra-
patient volumes or between a pre-
existing atlas of contoured patients
and a patient volume. This process
facilitates contour creation or re-
contouring for adaptive therapy. | They differ in that ART-Plan can
also delineate healthy lymph
nodes.
Plus, there is a difference in
intended anatomies. The
common localizations are the
head and neck, thorax, abdomen
and male pelvis. ART-Plan does
not claim to offer automatic
segmentation on female pelvis.
However, in addition to the 4
upper common localizations,
ART-Plan can also be used for
brain localizations.
Secondary predicate using
atlas-based algorithms can be
applied on any localization and
for any type of structure
contained in atlas images used
by the center. | |
| View
Manipulation
and
Volume
Rendering | Window and
level, pan,
zoom, cross-
hairs, slice
navigation.
Maximum,
average and
minimum
intensity
projection (MIP,
AVG, MinIP),
color rendering,
multi-planar
reconstruction
(MPR), fused
views,
gallery views. | Not stated | Window and level, pan,
zoom, cross-hairs, slice
navigation.
Maximum or minimum
intensity projection
(MIP),
volume rendering, color
rendering, surface
rendering,
multi-planar
reconstruction (MPR),
fused views,
gallery views. | None - Not
applicable | Not stated | No information has been found
regarding view manipulation and
volume rendering concerning
the primary predicate. The
predicate device claims to offer
a feature to review the
processed image and perform
manual contouring, which
implies at least the display of
DICOM images with slice
navigation.
The proposed device has the
majority of the same tools as the
secondary RTx predicate, apart
from volume and surface | |
| | | Technical Information | | | | | |
| Property | Proposed
Device
ART-Plan | Primary
Predicate
AccuContour | Secondary
Predicate
RTx | Secondary
Predicate
Workflow Box | Secondary Predicate
MIM4.1 (SEASTAR) | Comment | |
| | | | | | | rendering
The Workflow Box secondary
predicate does not offer a
graphical interface. | |
| Regions and
Volumes
of Interest
(ROI) | Al Based
autocontouring,
Registration
based contour
projection (re-
contouring),
Manual ROI
manipulation
and
transformation
(margins,
booleans
operators,
interpolation). | Automatic target
volume
delineation
system.
Automatically
delineates
organs-at-risk
(OAR)
Manual Contour | 2D and 3D ROIs, semi-
automatic ROI
definition, isocontour
ROIs using threshold
and percentage of
maximum, one-click
seed-pointing
contouring, manual ROI
manipulation, ROI
transformation, Atlas-
based contouring. | Atlas Based
contouring,
registration based
recontouring,
machine learning
based contouring | Atlas based contouring, tools to
quickly create, transform, and
modify contours. | Both the proposed device and
the primary predicate allow Al
automatic contouring and
manual contouring | |
| Region/volume
of
interest
measurements
and
size
measurements | Intensity,
Hounsfield
units and SUV
measurements
Size
measurements
include 2D and
3D
measurements
(number of
slices, volume
of a structure,
static ruler) | Not stated | Intensity, Hounsfield
units, activity and SUV
measurements
including min, max,
mean, peak, standard
deviation, total
glycolytic activity,
median, histogram, max
and mean ratio to
reference region.
Gray for RT Dose.
Size measurements
include 2D and 3D
measurements
including rulers and
volume, line profile. | None - not
applicable | Quantitative analysis tools. | ART-Plan offers the same
Intensity, Hounsfield units and
SUV
measurements and size
measurements including 2D and
3D measurements (volume and
ruler) as secondary predicate
RTx. However, this is only a
fraction of the tools claimed by
secondary predicate RTx. | |
| | | Technical Information | | | | | |
| Property | Proposed
Device
ART-Plan | Primary
Predicate
AccuContour | Secondary
Predicate
RTx | Secondary
Predicate
Workflow Box | Secondary Predicate
MIM4.1 (SEASTAR) | Comment | |
| Region/Volume
Quantification | None | Not stated | Regions table with
charting supports
analysis of
measurement over
multiple studies using
standard protocols such
as RECIST, PERCIST
and WHO | None - not
applicable | Quantitative analysis tools. | The secondary predicate RTx
offers a range of tools for
region/volume quantification.
ART-Plan does not offer these
kinds of tools. It is a reduction in
claim or equivalent to the
primary predicate for which no
information was found. | |
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Device Description:
The ART-Plan application is comprised of two kev modules: SmartFuse and Annotate, allowing the user to display and visualize 3D multi-modal medical image data. The user may process, render, review, store, display and distribute DICOM 3.0 compliant datasets within the system and/or across computer networks. Supported modalities include static and gated CT (computerized tomography), PET (positron emission tomography), and MR (magnetic resonance).
The overview of the product, in terms of input/output, functionalities and integration within the current clinical workflow for radiation therapy planning.
The ART-Plan technical functionalities claimed by TheraPanacea are the following:
- . Proposing automatic solutions to the user, such as an automatic delineation, automatic multimodal image fusion, etc. towards improving standardization of processes/ performance / reducing user tedious / time consuminq involvement.
- . Offering to the user a set of tools to assist semi-automatic delineation, semi-automatic registration towards modifying/editing manually automatically generated structures and addinq/removing new/undesired structures or imposing user-provided correspondences constraints on the fusion of multimodal images.
- . Presenting to the user a set of visualization methods of the delineated structures, and registration fusion maps.
- . Saving the delineated structures / fusion results for use in the dosimetry process.
- . Enabling rigid and deformable registration of patients images sets to combine information contained in different or same modalities.
Technological Characteristics:
A comparative review of the ART-Plan with the predicate device found that the technology. mode of operation, and general principles for treatment with this device were substantially equivalent.as the predicate device.
Non-Clinical Tests (Performance/Physical Data):
The ART-Plan was evaluated for its safety and effectiveness based on the following testing:
Test Name | Test Description | Results |
---|---|---|
Usability Testing | The ART-Plan was assessed with | |
regards to usability for compliance | ||
with IEC 62366 | Passed | |
Autosegmentation | ||
performances | The study gathers the information on | |
the 3 tests performed on the | ||
automatic segmentation performances | ||
on European data. | Passed | |
Test Name | Test Description | Results |
Autosegmentation | ||
performances according to | ||
AAPM requirements | The testing demonstrated that the | |
auto-segmentation algorithm of the | ||
module Annotate provides acceptable | ||
contours for the concerned structures | ||
on an image of a patient. | Passed | |
Autosegmentation | ||
performances against MIM | The testing demonstrated that the | |
auto-segmentation algorithm of the | ||
module Annotate provides acceptable | ||
contours for the concerned structures | ||
on an image of a patient. | Passed | |
Qualitative validation of | ||
autoseqmentation | ||
performances | The testing demonstrated that the | |
auto-segmentation algorithm of the | ||
module Annotate provides acceptable | ||
contours for the concerned structures | ||
on an image of a patient. | Passed | |
External Contour | ||
performances according to | ||
AAPM requirements | The testing demonstrated that the | |
External Contour Automatic | ||
Segmentation algorithm of the module | ||
Annotate provides acceptable | ||
contours for the patient's body on an | ||
image of a patient. | Passed | |
Fusion performances | ||
according to AAPM | ||
recommendations | The testing evaluated the quality of | |
the rigid and deformable registration | ||
tools of the SmartFuse module on | ||
retrospective intra-patient images and | ||
inter-patient images of different | ||
modalities, to ensure the safety of the | ||
device for clinical use. | Passed | |
Registration performances | ||
on POPI-model | The testing evaluated the quality of | |
the deformable registration tools of the | ||
SmartFuse module on intra-patient CT | ||
images. | ||
Testing was conducted according to | ||
POPI-model protocol on | ||
corresponding public data. | Passed | |
Test Name | Test Description | Results |
Autosegmentation | ||
performances on US data | The testing demonstrated that the | |
autosegmentation algorithm of the | ||
Annotate module provides clinically | ||
acceptable contours for the concerned | ||
structures when applied to US | ||
patients. | Passed | |
Pilot study for sample size | ||
estimation - literature | ||
review | The testing was a pilot study | |
estimating a consistent sample size of | ||
dataset for our performance testing's | ||
considering the state-of-art studies in | ||
image registration and segmentation. | ||
The literature review was completed | ||
on the most cited articles in the field of | ||
medical vision. | Passed | |
System Verification and | ||
Validation Testing | The system verification and validation | |
testing was performed to verify the | ||
software of the ART-Plan. | Passed |
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Software Verification and Validation Testing
Software verification and validation testing were conducted, and documentation was provided as recommended by FDA's Guidance for Industry and FDA Staff, "Guidance for the Content of Premarket Submissions for Software Contained in Medical Devices."
The software for this device was considered as a "major" level of concern, since a failure or latent design flaw could directly result in death or serious injury to the patient or a failure or provide diagnostic information that directly drives a decision regarding treatment or therapy, such that if misapplied it could result in serious injury or death.
Animal Studies
No animal studies were conducted as part of submission to prove substantial equivalence.
Clinical Studies
No clinical studies were conducted as part of submission to prove substantial equivalence.
Safety and Effectiveness/Conclusion:
Based on the information presented in these 510(k) premarket notifications the TheraPanacea ART-Plan is considered substantially equivalent.
Based on testing and comparison with the predicate devices, TheraPanacea ART-Plan indicated no adverse indications or results. It is our determination that the TheraPanacea ART-
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Plan is safe, effective and performs within its design specifications and is substantially equivalent to the predicate device.