K143361 · GE Healthcare · LLZ · Mar 26, 2015 · Radiology
Device Facts
Record ID
K143361
Device Name
Mammo Workstation
Applicant
GE Healthcare
Product Code
LLZ · Radiology
Decision Date
Mar 26, 2015
Decision
SESE
Submission Type
Traditional
Regulation
21 CFR 892.2050
Device Class
Class 2
Attributes
Software as a Medical Device
Indications for Use
MammoWorkstation is designed to assist radiologists in conducting primary diagnostic review for diagnostic and screening mammography through flexible and interactive manipulation of multi-modality softcopy images. It provides image review, manipulation, analysis, post-processing and printing capabilities that support image management display needs in the medical environment. MammoWorkstation is designed to give easy and economic access to and display of multi-modality softcopy images, structured reports, and CAD results through interfaces to various image storage devices using DICOM or similar interface standards. It supports creation of structured reports according to the DICOM breast imaging report templates. MammoWorkstation supports teleradiology and teleconferencing providing access to multi-modality softcopy images and structured reports in multiple locations within and outside the hospital. Lossy compressed mammographic images must not be used for primary diagnostic interpretation unless approved for use in digital mammography. Display monitors used for primary diagnostic interpretation of mammographic images must be approved for use in digital mammography. All images sent to or imported in the Mammoworkstation must conform to regulatory requirements. Image quality must conform with applicable quality guidelines. All modalities must be certified for soft-copy reading.
Device Story
MammoWorkstation is medical imaging software for diagnostic/screening mammography; operates on standard Windows-based workstations with high-resolution, mammography-cleared monitors. Inputs include multi-modality softcopy images (including Digital Breast Tomosynthesis - DBT) and CAD results via DICOM interfaces. Device generates 'V-Preview' (synthesized 2D images) from DBT sets for navigation/pre-review. Radiologists use the workstation to manipulate, analyze, and post-process images; create structured reports; and perform teleradiology/teleconferencing. Output includes displayed images, annotated reports, and printed results. Device facilitates clinical decision-making by providing efficient access to diagnostic data, aiding in breast cancer screening and diagnosis. Used in clinical environments by radiologists.
Clinical Evidence
Bench testing only. Evidence includes risk analysis, module verification, system integration testing, performance verification, safety testing, and simulated use validation.
Technological Characteristics
Software-based medical imaging workstation; runs on Windows OS; requires minimum three-monitor configuration (one control, high-resolution mammography-cleared displays). Connectivity via DICOM/standard interfaces. Supports synthesized 2D image generation (V-Preview) from DBT data.
Indications for Use
Indicated for radiologists conducting primary diagnostic review for diagnostic and screening mammography; supports multi-modality softcopy image manipulation, analysis, and reporting.
Regulatory Classification
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.
Special Controls
*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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Food and Drug Administration 10903 New Hampshire Avenue Document Control Center - WO66-G609 Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002
March 26, 2015
GE Healthcare % Mr. Mounir Zaouali Regulatory Affairs Leader Oskar-Schlemmer-Str. 11 Munich D-80807 GERMANY
Re: K143361
Trade/Device Name: MammoWorkstation Regulation Number: 21 CFR 892.2050 Regulation Name: Picture archiving and communications system Regulatory Class: II Product Code: LLZ Dated: March 4, 2015 Received: March 9, 2015
Dear Mr. Zaouali:
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. 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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Sincerely yours,
Robert A Ochs
Robert Ochs, Ph.D. Acting Director Division of Radiological Health Office of In Vitro Diagnostics and Radiological Health Center for Devices and Radiological Health
Enclosure
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# Indications for Use
510(k) Number (if known) K143361
Device Name MammoWorkstation
#### Indications for Use (Describe)
MammoWorkstation is designed to assist radiologists in conducting primary diagnostic review for diagnostic and screening mammography through flexible and interactive manipulation of multi-modality softcopy images. It provides image review, manipulation, analysis, post-processing and printing capabilities that support image management display needs in the medical environment.
MammoWorkstation is designed to give easy and economic access to and display of multi-modality softcopy images, structured reports, and CAD results through interfaces to various image storage devices using DICOM or similar interface standards. It supports creation of structured reports according to the DICOM breast imaging report templates.
MammoWorkstation supports teleradiology and teleconferencing providing access to multi-modality softcopy images and structured reports in multiple locations within and outside the hospital.
Lossy compressed mammographic images must not be used for primary diagnostic interpretation unless approved for use in digital mammography.
Display monitors used for primary diagnostic interpretation of mammographic images must be approved for use in digital mammography.
All images sent to or imported in the Mammoworkstation must conform to regulatory requirements. Image quality must conform with applicable quality guidelines. All modalities must be certified for soft-copy reading.
| Type of Use (Select one or both, as applicable) | |
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| <div> <span> Prescription Use (Part 21 CFR 801 Subpart D) </span> </div> | <div> <span> Over-The-Counter Use (21 CFR 801 Subpart C) </span> </div> |
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GE Healthcare 510(k) Premarket Notification Submission
## 510(k) Summary
In accordance with 21 CFR 807.92 the following summary of information is provided:
| Date: | March 24, 2015 |
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| Submitter: | GE Healthcare (Image Diagnost International)<br>Oskar-Schlemmer-Str. 11;<br>80807 München, Germany |
| Primary Contact Person: | Mounir Zaouali, RAC<br>Regulatory Affairs Leader<br>GE Healthcare,<br>283 RUE DE LA MINIERE<br>78530 BUC - FRANCE<br>Phone : + 33 1 30 70 45 39<br>Fax : + 33 1 30 70 41 40<br>Mounir.Zaouali@ge.com |
| Secondary Contact Person: | Gregory Pessato<br>Regulatory Affairs Leader<br>GE Healthcare,<br>283 RUE DE LA MINIERE<br>78530 BUC - FRANCE<br>Phone : + 33 1 30 70 93 16<br>Fax : + 33 1 30 70 41 40<br>Gregory.Pessato@ge.com |
| Device Trade Name: | MammoWorkstation |
| Common/Usual Name: | Medical imaging software |
| Classification Names: | Picture archiving and communication system<br>Class II CFR 892.2050 System, Image Processing, Radiological, |
| Product Code: | LLZ |
| Predicate Device(s): | MammoWorkstation (K123575) |
| Device Description: | The MammoWorkstation is a medical image review workstation<br>software for diagnostic and screening mammography.<br>MammoWorkstation has the capability to review Digital Breast<br>Tomosynthesis (DBT) images that are compatible with DICOM |
| Breast Tomosynthesis Image Storage.<br>A synthetized 2D image, called V-Preview, is generated from the<br>GE DBT set by MammoWorkstation and can be displayed before<br>or during the diagnostic interpretation review of the DBT set. It<br>can be used for the pre-review of the DBT set or as additional<br>image but does not replace the FFDM image.<br>It is a software product | |
| <b>Intended Use:</b><br>MammoWorkstation is designed to assist radiologists in<br>conducting primary diagnostic review for diagnostic and<br>screening mammography through flexible and interactive<br>manipulation of multi-modality softcopy images.<br>It provides image review, manipulation, analysis, post-processing<br>and printing capabilities that support image management display<br>needs in the medical environment.<br>MammoWorkstation is designed to give easy and economic<br>access to and display of multi-modality softcopy images,<br>structured reports, and CAD results through interfaces to various<br>image storage devices using DICOM or similar interface<br>standards. It supports creation of structured reports according to<br>the DICOM breast imaging report templates.<br>MammoWorkstation supports teleradiology and teleconferencing<br>providing access to multi-modality softcopy images and<br>structured reports in multiple locations within and outside the<br>hospital.<br>Lossy compressed mammographic images must not be used for<br>primary diagnostic interpretation unless approved for use in<br>digital mammography.<br>Display monitors used for primary diagnostic interpretation of<br>mammographic images must be approved for use in digital<br>mammography.<br>All images sent to or imported in the MammoWorkstation must<br>conform to regulatory requirements. Image quality must conform<br>with applicable quality guidelines. All modalities must be<br>certified for soft-copy reading. | |
| Technology: | MammoWorkstation is software product. It is designed to run on<br>a standard workstation with a minimum of three monitors, one<br>control monitor and high-resolution monitor (s) that are cleared<br>for mammography review. |
| | It runs on Windows Operating System. |
| | Comparison of technological characteristics with the predicate<br>device |
| | Adequate display and manipulation for the review of<br>Mammography and DBT images are the technological principles<br>for both the subject and predicate device. |
| | The main differences between the subject and the predicate<br>device are : |
| | V-Preview images on the predicate device were used for pre-<br>review of the breast before diagnostic review of the DBT set of<br>images. |
| | To enhance the radiology workflow, the subject device has<br>incorporated the following changes: |
| | The V-Preview images will be labeled as "2D: Synthesized"<br>and<br>"V-Preview<br>For navigation use only<br>does not replace FFDM"<br>to distinguish them from non-synthesized images. |
| | V-Preview images can be annotated and printed or transferred<br>to a PACS for storage or viewing in alternate locations. |
| | In addition to the standard MammoWorkstation configuration,<br>V-Preview images can be generated by the DicomShuttle<br>configuration. |
| Determination of<br>Substantial Equivalence: | Summary of Non-Clinical Tests:<br>The MammoWorkstation and its applications comply with<br>voluntary standards as detailed in Section 9, 11 and 17 of this<br>premarket submission. The following quality assurance measures |
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| | Risk Analysis Requirements Reviews Design Reviews Testing on unit level (Module verification) Integration testing (System verification) Performance testing (Verification) Safety testing (Verification) Simulated use testing (Validation) |
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| Conclusion: | GE Healthcare considers the MammoWorkstation to be as safe, as effective, and performance is substantially equivalent to the predicate device. |
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