K232045 · MeVis Medical Solutions AG · JAK · Oct 27, 2023 · Radiology
Device Facts
Record ID
K232045
Device Name
MeVis Liver Suite
Applicant
MeVis Medical Solutions AG
Product Code
JAK · Radiology
Decision Date
Oct 27, 2023
Decision
SESE
Submission Type
Traditional
Regulation
21 CFR 892.1750
Device Class
Class 2
Attributes
AI/ML, Software as a Medical Device, Real-World Evidence
Real-World Evidence
Submission
Device
Sponsor
RWD Sources
RWE Use Summary
Key Tags
K232045 · Oct 27, 2023
MeVis Liver Suite
MeVis Medical Solutions AG
Retrospective multi-center clinical dataset
A retrospective multi-center study was conducted to validate the performance of the AI-based semi-automatic pre-segmentation algorithm for the liver and liver-related vasculature. The study compared AI output against expert annotations and utilized qualitative scoring by board-certified surgeons/radiologists to confirm clinical accuracy.
Retrospective study; Multi-center; AI validation; Clinical performance
Clinical Evidence
Study Design
Population
Comparator
Key Endpoints
Retrospective multi-center performance study; Retrospective multi-center performance study
Potential living liver donors with healthy livers; Number of Sites: Multi-center
Median DICE: 0.98, Mean DICE: 0.98, Median 95% Hausdorff Distance: 1.5 mm
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Retrospective multi-center performance study
3 (board certified surgeons/radiologists)
Hepatic vascular structure segmentation
Locked/non adaptive AI networks
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>80% of expert scores rated results as sufficiently accurate
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Representative clinical multi-center dataset
3 (board certified surgeons/radiologists)
Indications for Use
MeVis Liver Suite is an image analysis software and intended to be used for visualization of hepatic imaging studies derived from CT and MR scanning devices (image source: single- and multiframe DICOM). MeVis Liver Suite supports physicians in their workflow for evaluating the liver, related vascular anatomy, and the volume of liver and liver vascular territories for treatment planning, preoperative evaluation of surgery strategies, and post-procedure or therapy follow-up assessment of the hepatic system and related vascular structures. MeVis Liver Suite supports image analysis for multiphase contrast enhanced CT, dynamic contrast enhanced MRJ, and MRCP. MeVis Liver Suite only allows import of homogenous image series (i.e., image and pixel size must be constant within each series) and with orthogonal image matrix (without a gantry tilt). Images with a resolution of > 5mm slice spacing are not suitable for image analysis with MeVis Liver Suite. MeVis Liver Suite can be used for manual segmentation, user-defined manual labeling, and 3D visualization of: - abdominal organs (i.e., liver, stomach, duodenum, spleen, kidney, gallbladder, and pancreas) - liver related vascular structures (i.e., bile ducts, hepatic vein, portal vein, and inferior vena cava) - lesions inside and adjacent to the liver The tools for manual segmentation and 3D visualization are applicable for CT and MR imaging studies. In addition to the manual segmentation tools, MeVis Liver Suite provides AI based semi-automatic pre-segmentation tools for liver, hepatic artery, hepatic vein restricted to CT scans of potential living liver donors with healthy livers and intended for: - Liver: contrast enhanced late-venous and venous phase - Hepatic vein: contrast enhanced late-venous and venous phase - Portal vein: contrast enhanced late-venous and venous phase - Hepatic artery: contrast enhanced arterial phase Using MeVis Liver Suite, users can evaluate the segmented objects by exploring, and manually correcting: - the volume of the segmented abdominal organs (see above) - the volume of the segmented lesions inside and adjacent to the liver - the volume of the manually defined parts of the liver - by defining separation planes ("separation proposals") - from vascular territories that are derived from the user-defined labeling of the liver related vascular structures - 3D visualizations of user-defined (vascular) tumor margins (coloring of area based on user-defined margin sizes/ distances - between the edges of user-defined lesions in relation to the edges of user-defined vascular structures of the liver) - based on user provided values, calculation of liver volume to body weight ratios (i.e., estimated weight for remnant or graft, body surface area, graft to recipient body weight ratio, graft to SLV ratio, remnant to body weight ratio). Using a manual spatial registration of the images, the segmented objects (created on different CT phases and MRI sequences) can be visualized together.
Device Story
Standalone image analysis software; processes DICOM CT/MR images. Supports manual segmentation/labeling of abdominal organs, vascular structures, and lesions; provides AI-based semi-automatic pre-segmentation for liver/vessels in healthy living donors. Used by radiologists/surgeons in office/hospital settings for treatment planning, surgical strategy, and follow-up. Outputs include 3D visualizations, volume calculations, and liver-to-body-weight ratios. Physicians perform final clinical decisions; software is not for real-time viewing, diagnostic review, or automatic lesion detection. Benefits include improved workflow for surgical planning and assessment of hepatic system.
Clinical Evidence
Bench testing only. Retrospective multi-center study validated AI pre-segmentation performance: Liver DICE > 0.85, 95% Hausdorff < 2.0 mm. Vascular structures validated via bench tests against expert ground truth. Qualitative assessment by 3 board-certified surgeons/radiologists using 5-point Likert scale showed >80% accuracy rating. Volume calculation precision/accuracy verified via simulated phantoms and clinical test data.
Technological Characteristics
Standalone software; Windows 10 (64-bit). Supports DICOM CT/MR. Manual segmentation (freehand, region growing) and AI-based semi-automatic pre-segmentation (locked/non-adaptive). 3D visualization, volume calculation, and manual rigid registration. No direct patient contact. No high-resolution display drivers.
Indications for Use
Indicated for oncologic patients or hepatic donor/transplant patients (age 18+) requiring evaluation of liver, vascular anatomy, and liver volumes. Semi-automatic pre-segmentation tools restricted to CT scans of potential living liver donors with healthy livers.
Regulatory Classification
Identification
A computed tomography x-ray system is a diagnostic x-ray system intended to produce cross-sectional images of the body by computer reconstruction of x-ray transmission data from the same axial plane taken at different angles. This generic type of device may include signal analysis and display equipment, patient and equipment supports, component parts, and accessories.
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MeVis Medical Solutions AG Rolf Rzodeczko Manager Regulatory Affairs Caroline-Herschel-Strasse 1 BREMEN, BREMEN 28359 GERMANY
Re: K232045
Trade/Device Name: MeVis Liver Suite Regulation Number: 21 CFR 892.1750 Regulation Name: Computed Tomography X-Ray System Regulatory Class: Class II Product Code: JAK Dated: September 27, 2023 Received: September 27, 2023
Dear Rolf Rzodeczko:
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## Indications for Use
510(k) Number (if known) K232045
Device Name MeVis Liver Suite
#### Indications for Use (Describe)
MeVis Liver Suite is an image analysis software and intended to be used for visualization of hepatic imaging studies derived from CT and MR scanning devices (image source: single- and multiframe DICOM).
MeVis Liver Suite supports physicians in their workflow for evaluating the liver, related vascular anatomy, and the volume of liver and liver vascular territories for treatment planning, preoperative evaluation of surgery strategies, and post-procedure or therapy follow-up assessment of the hepatic system and related vascular structures.
Me Vis Liver Suite supports image analysis for multiphase contrast enhanced CT, dynamic contrast enhanced MRJ, and MRCP. MeVis Liver Suite only allows import of homogenous image series (i.e., image and pixel size must be constant within each series) and with orthogonal image matrix (without a gantry tilt). Images with a resolution of > 5mm slice spacing are not suitable for image analysis with MeVis Liver Suite.
MeVis Liver Suite can be used for manual segmentation, user-defined manual labeling, and 3D visualization of:
- abdominal organs (i.e., liver, stomach, duodenum, spleen, kidney, gallbladder, and pancreas)
- liver related vascular structures (i.e., bile ducts, hepatic vein, portal vein, and inferior vena cava)
- lesions inside and adjacent to the liver
The tools for manual segmentation and 3D visualization are applicable for CT and MR imaging studies. In addition to the manual segmentation tools, MeVis Liver Suite provides AI based semi-automatic pre-segmentation tools for liver, hepatic artery, hepatic vein restricted to CT scans of potential living liver donors with healthy livers and intended for:
- Liver: contrast enhanced late-venous and venous phase
- Hepatic vein: contrast enhanced late-venous and venous phase
- Portal vein: contrast enhanced late-venous and venous phase
- Hepatic artery: contrast enhanced arterial phase
Using MeVis Liver Suite, users can evaluate the segmented objects by exploring, and manually correcting:
- the volume of the segmented abdominal organs (see above)
- the volume of the segmented lesions inside and adjacent to the liver
- the volume of the manually defined parts of the liver
- by defining separation planes ("separation proposals")
- from vascular territories that are derived from the user-defined labeling of the liver related vascular structures
- 3D visualizations of user-defined (vascular) tumor margins (coloring of area based on user-defined margin sizes/ distances - between the edges of user-defined lesions in relation to the edges of user-defined vascular structures of the liver)
- based on user provided values, calculation of liver volume to body weight ratios (i.e., estimated weight for remnant or graft, body surface area, graft to recipient body weight ratio, graft to SLV ratio, remnant to body weight ratio).
Using a manual spatial registration of the images, the segmented objects (created on different CT phases and MRI sequences) can be visualized together.
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The information created with MeVis Liver Suite is intended to be used only in addition to the original images, clinical data, and the real anatomical and clinical situation. Physicians make all final patient management, and treatment decisions.
MeVis Liver Suite is not intended for the anatomical systems integumentary, skeletal, muscular, lymphatic, respiratory, nervous, reproductive, and cardiovascular (excluding hepatic).
MeVis Liver Suite does not support the following application areas: real time viewing, diagnostic review, mage manipulation, optimization, virtual colonoscopy, and automatic lesion detection.
MeVis Liver Suite does not utilize high-resolution displays or display drivers and should not be used as a replacement for a PACS workstation.
Intended Patient Population:
The intended patients for MeVis Liver Suite are oncologic patients or hepatic donor/transplant patients. CT or MR imaging with contrast agents need to be possible for analysis of vascular structures inside the liver. The age group for the intended patient population is 18 or older.
In addition, the semi-automatic pre-segmentation tools are restricted to CT scans of potential living liver donors with healthy livers.
Intended Part of the Body:
Images supported for the intended medical include the abdominal body part with the liver and related vascular structures (bile ducts, hepatic artery, hepatic vein, inferior vena cava).
Intended User Profile: The intended users are radiologists and surgeons.
Intended Use Environment:
The use environment is expected to be in an office environment under typical office conditions in hospitals or medical practices.
Operation Principle:
The software acts as modality for display of CT or MR imaging data, and for visualization of the image analysis results on a computer system. MeVis Liver Suite does not come into direct contact with patients or other medical devices.
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## K232045 510(k) Summary
#### 1 Submitter
| Submitted Name: | MeVis Medical Solutions AG<br>Caroline-Herschel-Straße 1<br>28359 Bremen<br>Germany |
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| Establishment Name: | MeVis Medical Solutions AG |
| Establishment<br>Registration Number: | 3010601176 |
| Date Prepared: | 07/10/2023 |
| Contact Person: | Rolf Rzodeczko<br>Manager Regulatory Affairs |
| Telephone: | +49 (0)421 22495-120 |
| Fax: | +49 (0)421 22495-999 |
| 2 Device | |
| Device Trade Name: | MeVis Liver Suite |
| Device Common Name: | MeVis Liver Suite |
| Regulation: | 21 CFR 892.1750 |
| Classification Name: | Computed tomography x-ray system |
| Product Code: | JAK |
| Class: | Class II |
| Panel: | Radiology |
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#### 3 Primary Predicate Device
| 510(k) Number | Primary Predicate Device | Product Code |
|---------------|--------------------------|--------------|
| K133643 | syngo.CT Liver Analysis | JAK |
#### 4 Secondary Predicate Device(s)
| 510(k) Number | Secondary Predicate Device | Product Code |
|---------------|----------------------------|--------------|
| K173420 | Radiomics App v1.0 | LLZ |
#### 5 Reference Device1
| 510(k) Number | Reference Device | Product Code |
|---------------|----------------------------|--------------|
| K193562 | Al-Rad Companion Organs RT | QKB |
#### 6 Device Description
MeVis Liver Suite is an image analysis software and intended to be used for visualization of hepatic imaging studies derived from CT and MR scanning devices (image source: single- and multiframe DICOM).
MeVis Liver Suite supports physicians in their workflow for evaluating the liver, related vascular anatomy, and the volume of liver vascular territories for treatment planning, preoperative evaluation of surgery strategies, and post-procedure or therapy follow-up assessment of the hepatic system and related vascular structures.
The information created with MeVis Liver Suite is intended to be used only in addition to the original images, clinical data, and the real anatomical and clinical situation. Physicians make all final patient management, assessment, and treatment decisions.
### Software and Operating System
MeVis Liver Suite is a standalone software application that can be installed on any PC that runs on Windows 10 which meet the hardware requirements.
### Supported Modalities
DICOM compatible CT and MR image data with or without contrast.
The tools for manual segmentation and 3D visualization (see below) are applicable for CT and MR image data with the exception of the Al based semi-automatic pre-segmentation tools. The
<sup>1</sup> Reference device for liver Al pre-seqmentation performance acceptance criteria
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semi-automatic pre-segmentation tools are restricted to CT scans of potential living liver donors with healthy livers.
## lmage import and selection
MeVis Liver Suite supports image analysis for multiphase contrast enhanced CT, dynamic contrast enhanced MRI, and MRCP. MeVis Liver Suite only allows import of homoqenous image series (i.e., image and pixel size must be constant within each series) and with orthogonal image matrix (without a gantry tilt). Images with a resolution of > 5mm slice spacing are not suitable for image analysis with MeVis Liver Suite.
MeVis Liver Suite can be used to manually select DICOM images (CT and MR) for import. The user can visually inspect the images, if the anatomical structures are visible and if the image resolution and image quality is acceptable for the manual segmentation and the user's needs.
### Seqmentation and 3D visualization
MeVis Liver Suite provides multiple contouring tools for manual segmentation.
The user has full control over the workflow and decides which structures to segment. 3D visualizations are created on demand. The following segmentation workflows are available:
#### . Abdominal organs
MeVis Liver Suite is intended to be used to manually segment and visualize liver, stomach, duodenum, spleen, kidney, gallbladder, or pancreas using contouring tools. Users can inspect and manually correct, add, and delete their segmentation until they are satisfied with the result. The following tools are available:
- o Freehand contouring
- o Region Growing
#### . Liver related vascular structures
MeVis Liver Suite is intended to be used to manually segment and visualize bile ducts. hepatic artery, hepatic vein, portal vein, and inferior vena cava, including the option to manually classify different vessels of the vascular branches by assigning them userdefined labels. Users can inspect and manually correct, add, and delete their segmentation until they are satisfied with the result. The following tools are available:
- o Freehand drawing and freehand contouring
- Region Growing o
- o Edit and label 3D tree
#### . Lesions inside and adjacent to the liver
MeVis Liver Suite is intended to be used to manually seqment, visualize, and label user identified lesions inside and adjacent to the liver using:
- o Freehand contouring
Me\/is Liver Suite does not identify or highlight lesions or other abnormalities.
Additionally, the user can use Al based semi-automatic pre-segmentation of liver and liver related vascular structures to create a segmentation proposal. The semi-automatic preseqmentation uses locked/non adaptive Al networks.
#### ● Semi-automatic pre-segmentation of the liver
- Supported modalities
- CT, contrast enhanced late-venous and venous phase
- o Limitations
■ Only intended for living donor liver transplantation cases (healthy livers)
- Semi-automatic pre-segmentation for liver related vascular structures ●
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- Supported modalities o
- Hepatic vein: CT, contrast enhanced late-venous and venous phase .
- Portal vein: CT, contrast enhanced late-venous and venous phase
- . Hepatic artery: CT, contrast enhanced arterial phase
- o Limitations
- Only intended for living donor liver transplantation cases (healthy livers)
## Evaluation of segmented objects
Users can evaluate the segmented objects by exploring, and manually correcting:
- Volume
MeVis Liver Suite calculates the volume (via voxel-counting of segmentation mask) and displays the volume information to the user for the following manually segmented objects:
- o Abdominal organs (i.e., liver, stomach, duodenum, spleen, kidney, gallbladder, pancreas)
- o Lesions inside and adjacent to the liver
- Manually defined parts of the liver o
- . "Separation proposals"
The user can manually define separation planes that part the liver into virtual parts. The user manually labels the parts as either "resection"," graft" (for coloring the 3D visualization of the user-defined part with a red color), or "remnant" (green color)
- = "Vascular territories" Using the user-defined labeling (name and color) of vessel subtrees, the software calculates seqmentation masks for the corresponding vascular territories within the liver
- 3D visualizations of user-defined (vascular) tumor margins (coloring of area based . on user-defined margin sizes/distances - between the edges of user-defined lesions in relation to the edges of user-defined vascular structures of the liver)
- o The distance of vascular structures to user selected lesions can be visualized with colored 3D visualizations:
- · with color coded vascular structures ("vascular tumor margins")
- . with color coded voxels around a lesion inside the liver ("tumor margins")
- Based on user provided values, calculation of liver volume to body weight ratios ● MeVis Liver Suite provides the following calculations:
- Estimated Weight for Remnant and Graft O
- Body Surface Area o
- Graft to Recipient Body Weight Ratio o
- Graft to Standard Liver Volume (SLV) Ratio o
- Remnant Volume to Body Weight Ratio o
## Manual spatial registration
MeVis Liver Suite supports performing a manual spatial registration of the images from different modalities and studies (CT and MR). The user can manually align the imported images visually in pairs on top of each other using manual rigid registration.
## Reporting
Using MeVis Liver Suite, the user can report results of the image analysis in different formats (DICOM for archiving, with DICOM definitions for 2D segmentation and 3D volumes; HTML report).
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#### 7 Indications for Use
MeVis Liver Suite is an image analysis software and intended to be used for visualization of hepatic imaging studies derived from CT and MR scanning devices (image source: single- and multiframe DICOM).
MeVis Liver Suite supports physicians in their workflow for evaluating the liver, related vascular anatomy, and the volume of liver vascular territories for treatment planning, preoperative evaluation of surgery strategies, and post-procedure or therapy follow-up assessment of the hepatic system and related vascular structures.
MeVis Liver Suite supports image analysis for multiphase contrast enhanced CT, dynamic contrast enhanced MRI, and MRCP. MeVis Liver Suite only allows import of homogenous image series (i.e., image and pixel size must be constant within each series) and with orthogonal image matrix (without a gantry tilt). Images with a resolution of > 5mm slice spacing are not suitable for image analysis with MeVis Liver Suite.
MeVis Liver Suite can be used for manual segmentation, user-defined manual labeling, and 3D visualization of:
- abdominal organs (i.e., liver, stomach, duodenum, spleen, kidney, gallbladder, and . pancreas).
- . liver related vascular structures (i.e., bile ducts, hepatic vein, portal vein, and inferior vena cava)
- . lesions inside and adjacent to the liver
The tools for manual segmentation and 3D visualization are applicable for CT and MR imaging studies.
In addition to the manual segmentation tools. MeVis Liver Suite provides Al based semi-automatic pre-segmentation tools for liver, hepatic artery, hepatic vein, and portal vein restricted to CT scans of potential living liver donors with healthy livers and intended for:
- Liver: contrast enhanced late-venous and venous phase ●
- . Hepatic vein: contrast enhanced late-venous and venous phase
- . Portal vein: contrast enhanced late-venous and venous phase
- . Hepatic artery: contrast enhanced arterial phase
Using MeVis Liver Suite, users can evaluate the segmented objects by exploring, and manually correcting:
- the volume of the segmented abdominal organs (see above) .
- . the volume of the segmented lesions inside and adjacent to the liver
- . the volume of the manually defined parts of the liver
- o by defining separation planes ("separation proposals")
- from vascular territories that are derived from the user-defined labeling of the liver o related vascular structures
- 3D visualizations of user-defined (vascular) tumor margins (coloring of area - based on user-defined margin sizes/distances - between the edges of user-defined lesions in relation to the edges of user-defined vascular structures of the liver)
- . based on user provided values, calculation of liver volume to body weight ratios (i.e., estimated weight for remnant or graft, body surface area, graft to recipient body weight ratio, graft to SLV ratio, remnant to body weight ratio).
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Using a manual spatial registration of the images, the segmented objects (created on different CT phases and MRI sequences) can be visualized together.
The information created with MeVis Liver Suite is intended to be used only in addition to the original images, clinical data, and the real anatomical and clinical situation. Physicians make all final patient management, assessment, and treatment decisions.
MeVis Liver Suite is not intended for the anatomical systems integumentary, skeletal, muscular, lymphatic, respiratory, nervous, reproductive, and cardiovascular (excluding hepatic).
MeVis Liver Suite does not support the following application areas: real time viewing, diagnostic review, image manipulation, optimization, virtual colonoscopy, and automatic lesion detection.
MeVis Liver Suite does not utilize high-resolution displays or display drivers and should not be used as a replacement for a PACS workstation.
## Intended Patient Population:
The intended patients for MeVis Liver Suite are oncologic patients or hepatic donor/transplant patients. CT or MR imaging with contrast agents need to be possible for analysis of vascular structures inside the liver. The age group for the intended patient population is 18 or older. In addition, the semi-automatic pre-segmentation tools are restricted to CT scans of potential living liver donors with healthy livers.
## Intended Part of the Body:
Images supported for the intended medical indication include the abdominal body part with the liver and related vascular structures (bile ducts, hepatic vein, portal vein, inferior vena cava).
### Intended User Profile:
The intended users are radiologists and surgeons.
### Intended Use Environment:
The use environment is expected to be in an office environment under typical office conditions in hospitals or medical practices.
## Operation Principle:
The software acts as modality for display of CT or MR imaging data, and for visualization of the image analysis results on a computer system. MeVis Liver Suite does not come into direct contact or indirect contact with patients or other medical devices.
#### 8 Technological Characteristics Comparison
The design, function, and specifications of MeVis Liver Suite are similar to the identified legally marketed primary predicate and secondary predicate device. The MeVis Liver Suite software combines functionalities of the predicate devices. MeVis Liver Suite allows the medical professionals to display DICOM CT and MR images, and to do a segmentation of internal structures of interest as organs, lesions, vascular structures, including functionality of automatic pre-segmentation that supports the clinicians for contouring.
From a functionality point of view, MeVis Liver Suite and the combination of the predicate devices are substantially equivalent and they cover the same (combined) intended use.
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Key differences in design and performance between MeVis Liver suite and the predicate devices are solely on a technical level.
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| Subject Device<br>MeVis Liver Suite | MeVis Liver Suite is an image analysis software and intended to be used for visualization of hepatic imaging studies derived from CT and MR scanning devices (image source: single- and multiframe DICOM).<br><br>MeVis Liver Suite supports physicians in their workflow for evaluating the liver, related vascular anatomy, and the volume of liver and liver vascular territories for treatment planning, preoperative evaluation of surgery strategies, and post-procedure or therapy follow-up assessment of the hepatic system and related vascular structures.<br><br>MeVis Liver Suite supports image analysis for multiphase contrast enhanced CT, dynamic contrast enhanced MRI, and MRCP. MeVis Liver Suite only allows import of homogenous image series (i.e., image and pixel size must be constant within each series) and with orthogonal image matrix (without a gantry tilt). Images with a resolution of > 5mm slice spacing are not suitable for image analysis with MeVis Liver Suite.<br><br>MeVis Liver Suite can be used for manual segmentation, user-defined manual labeling, and 3D visualization of: abdominal organs (i.e., liver, stomach, duodenum, spleen, kidney, gallbladder, and pancreas). liver related vascular structures (i.e., bile ducts, hepatic artery, hepatic vein, portal vein, and inferior vena cava) lesions inside and adjacent to the liver The tools for manual segmentation and 3D visualization are applicable for CT and MR imaging studies.<br><br>In addition to the manual segmentation tools, MeVis Liver Suite provides Al based semi- automatic pre-segmentation tools for liver, hepatic artery, hepatic vein, and portal vein restricted to CT scans of potential living liver donors with healthy livers and intended for: Liver: contrast enhanced late-venous and venous phase Hepatic vein: contrast enhanced late-venous and venous phase Portal vein: contrast enhanced late-venous and venous phase Hepatic artery: contrast enhanced arterial phase<br><br>Using MeVis Liver Suite, users can evaluate the segmented objects by exploring, calculating, and manually correcting: the volume of the segmented abdominal organs (see above) the volume of the segmented lesions inside and adjacent to the liver the volume of the manually defined parts of the liver by defining separation planes ("separation proposals") from vascular territories that are derived from the user-defined labeling of the liver related vascular structures 3D visualizations of user-defined (vascular) tumor margins (coloring of area - based on user-defined margin sizes/distances - between the edges of user-defined lesions in relation to the edges of user-defined vascular structures of the liver) based on user provided values, calculation of liver volume to body weight ratios (i.e., estimated weight for remnant or graft, body surface area, graft to recipient body weight ratio, graft to SLV ratio, remnant to body weight ratio).<br><br>Using a manual spatial registration of the images, the segmented objects (created on different CT phases and MRI sequences) can be visualized together.<br><br>The information created with MeVis Liver Suite is intended to be used only in addition to the original images, clinical data, and the real anatomical and clinical situation. Physicians make all final patient management, assessment, and treatment decisions. |
| | MeVis Liver Suite is not intended for the anatomical systems integumentary, skeletal,<br>muscular, lymphatic, respiratory, nervous, reproductive, and cardiovascular (excluding<br>hepatic). |
| | MeVis Liver Suite does not support the following application areas: real time viewing,<br>diagnostic review, image manipulation, optimization, virtual colonoscopy, and automatic lesion<br>detection. |
| | MeVis Liver Suite does not utilize high-resolution displays or display drivers and should not be<br>used as a replacement for a PACS workstation. |
| | Intended Patient Population:<br>The intended patients for MeVis Liver Suite are oncologic patients or hepatic donor/transplant<br>patients. CT or MR imaging with contrast agents need to be possible for analysis of vascular<br>structures inside the liver. The age group for the intended patient population is 18 or older.<br>In addition, the semi-automatic pre-segmentation tools are restricted to CT scans of potential<br>living liver donors with healthy livers. |
| | Intended Part of the Body:<br>Images supported for the intended medical indication include the abdominal body part with the<br>liver and related vascular structures (bile ducts, hepatic artery, hepatic vein, portal vein, inferior<br>vena cava). |
| | Intended User Profile:<br>The intended users are radiologists and surgeons. |
| | Intended Use Environment:<br>The use environment is expected to be in an office environment under typical office conditions<br>in hospitals or medical practices. |
| | Operation Principle:<br>The software acts as modality for display of CT or MR imaging data, and for visualization of the<br>image analysis results on a computer system. MeVis Liver Suite does not come into direct<br>contact or indirect contact with patients or other medical devices. |
| Primary Predicate<br>device:<br>Siemens syngo.<br>CT Liver Analysis<br>(K133643) | syngo.CT Liver Analysis is an image analysis software for CT volume data sets. It analyses the<br>liver and its intrahepatic vessel structures to identify the vascular territories of sub-vessel<br>systems in the liver. These regions can be evaluated by exploring the volume of the liver and<br>its vascular territories. |
| | Using syngo.CT Liver Analysis, you can evaluate the liver volume and examine the vessels of<br>the liver. The following evaluation tools are provided: |
| | • Computation and manual correction of liver volumes…
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Exact vs. fuzzy search: what's the difference?
Exact matches on the literal phrase (prefix search works, suffix does not). Fuzzy matches on the meaning and intent of the phrase rather than the exact words. Hover over the badge on any row to see why it matched.
You search "coronary artery calcification" and want only software devices with AI. What two filters do you apply?
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Scroll right in the search results table. The intended use column is extracted for you; no need to dig into the 510(k) summary PDF.
What does the AI Performance sub-table show, and why is it useful?
Output name, acceptance criteria, observed values, development dataset description, and test dataset description. It's the same format we use for regulatory strategy output and Fast 510(k) input, and the fastest high-level fingerprint of an AI device. AI-generated but reliable in practice.
3. Judging fuzzy relevance
Fuzzy results trail off in relevance as you scroll. Use three signals to decide how far down to go: the fuzzy badge explanations, the intended use column, and whether your target output (e.g., Cobb angle) still appears in the AI Performance sub-table. Once it stops appearing, you're past the relevant zone. A top hit with a low score (~0.4) and a stretched explanation is a hint the closest predicates are far away — the project may be headed for De Novo. Note the fuzzy search is a pattern match: it doesn't handle negation ("not") well, and hardware devices can appear — filter by SaMD/AI ML to cut them.
How do you judge how far down fuzzy search results to go?
Use the relevancy signals: the fuzzy badge explanations, the intended use column, and whether the target output (e.g., Cobb angle) still appears in the AI Performance sub-table. Once it stops appearing, results are trailing off in relevancy.
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Reading rule for every project: how many summaries do you read in full?
At least the three most relevant 510(k) or De Novo summaries, in full. After that, use targeted chat questions to confirm your memory quickly. The tool supports this professional habit — it doesn't replace it.
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Select multiple rows in the results table (aim for under ~10), then open the PDF Viewer tab. Ask one question — it goes to all selected devices in parallel, each with citations. This is the fastest way to compare and contrast devices: training data, PCCP scope, how they handled adding new scanners, and so on.
What does the side-by-side PDF viewer mode do?
Select multiple devices, open the PDF viewer tab, and ask one question (e.g., "Describe the training data"). It queries all selected devices simultaneously with citations, so you can compare and contrast quickly.
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Browse product codes and regulation numbers, read the identification text and special controls, browse sibling product codes, open device PDFs on the right, and search by product code or regulation number at the top of the tree.
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Click Show Chart and segment by regulation number (or product code) to see which regulations dominate your result set. Clicking a regulation takes you into the regulations tree. Great for spotting that most matches are, say, hardware laparoscopic devices — a cue to go back and filter.
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Click "Show Chart" and segment by Regulation Number. Clicking a regulation takes you to the regulations tree.
9. The predicate graph
Open the Predicates tab for a family-tree view of predicate relationships. Click a node to trace its parents and children; selections from search carry over pre-selected. Commonly predicated devices are worth reading — a lot of people predicated them for a reason. The visual lineage is also handy on client calls, e.g. to show how a predicate family evolved and justify why your predicate still holds.
In the predicate graph, why are commonly predicated devices worth reading?
A lot of people predicated them for a reason. Clicking a node traces parents and children, and selections from search carry over pre-selected.
10. Embeddings: the galaxy map
The Embeddings tab plots every matching document in a 2-D "galaxy map" where semantically similar devices cluster together. Hover or click clusters to explore, and let AI label the clusters for you. Embeddings beat product codes for grouping: two devices can carry different product codes (LLZ vs. QIH) yet do the same thing — the embedding captures the meaning of the intended use and device story. This is also exactly how retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) works under the hood, and it makes a great visual on client calls.
Try it yourself
Head to the search page and work through a few of these AI/ML fuzzy searches to build intuition: perivascular fat on CT · aortic valve calcification opportunistic screening on noncontrast CT · breast cancer prediction on digital pathology slides · autism detection · gestational age prediction · a hearing aid that can also detect a pulse · foundation model based analysis of ECG · large language models · penetration test. Watch how the relevance scores, intended use, and AI Performance tables tell you when results stop being meaningful.