GE HealthCare announces advanced imaging innovations for OEC 3D C-arm

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GE HealthCare announced additional clinical applications now available as part of the OEC 3D mobile CBCT C-arm portfolio to help enable precise and efficient imaging during endoscopic bronchoscopy procedures in the practice of interventional pulmonology.

First introduced in 2021, the OEC 3D mobile CBCT C-arm provides precise 3D and 2D imaging every day in a broad variety of procedures. During bronchoscopy procedures, clinicians can leverage CBCT visualization features, such as Lung Preset, to help optimize viewing of airway structures and Augmented Fluoroscopy with Lung Suite to help confirm tool-in-lesion during a procedure. While delivering exceptional image quality, the OEC 3D also enables seamless transition from 3D to 2D imaging through one versatile mobile CBCT imaging C-arm with an intuitive user interface and workflow to help further optimize space in the bronchoscopy suite.

The latest announcement brings the following additions to the OEC 3D C-arm to help improve visualization of airways in the lungs during bronchoscopy procedures: OEC 3D Lung Suite: The OEC 3D enables clinicians to visualize both 2D and 3D images of the lung using a single mobile C-arm. For advanced imaging during endoscopy procedures, the OEC 3D Lung Suite includes:

1) Augmented Fluoroscopy overlay of 3D points of interest on live fluoroscopy images;

2) Adjustable motorized 3D scan to accommodate patient or equipment positions during a spin.

OEC Open: During bronchoscopy procedures, clinicians may use navigation or robotic assistance, in addition to advanced imaging, to reach the region of interest during the interventional procedure. To help enable this workflow, OEC 3D C-arms provide an OEC Open interface for automatically transferring 3D volumetric data post reconstruction to verified navigation and robotic systems.

A recent addition to the OEC Open offering is a verified interface with the Intuitive Ion® Endoluminal Robotic Bronchoscopy System (OS 1 v5.1.0 and later). This interface enables users to automatically transfer OEC 3D mobile CBCT images upon reconstruction to the Ion System to then update target locations for clinician catheter adjustments during the procedure.

GE HealthCare continues to expand OEC Open interfaces for a variety of clinical procedures as an agnostic OEC Open ecosystem for OEC 3D users. Today, OEC Open is verified with eight, third-party systems spanning robotics, navigation, and augmented reality vision.