FDA-cleared profile

AI-Rad Companion Brain MR

Siemens Healthcare GmbH

Brain MRI morphometry and white matter hyperintensity quantification, including normative comparison and longitudinal change assessment for clinician review.

Evidence status: each field shows source quality, applicability, and review date. Research pending, information not established in reviewed sources, and vendor documentation pending are distinct outcomes.

Clinical fit

What this tool is for

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Exact purpose
Brain MRI morphometry and white matter hyperintensity quantification, including normative comparison and longitudinal change assessment for clinician review.
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-05
Intended users
Healthcare professionals familiar with post-processing magnetic resonance images.
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-06
Care setting and population
Adult
Public source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-01

Baseline population label retained; it is not a claim that all modules have identical age restrictions.

Workflow role
Segmentation, quantitative post-processing and follow-up comparison
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-05
Required input
T1 MPRAGE for brain morphometry. The VA60 comparison table specifies T2-weighted 3D FLAIR alone for WMH, with WMH follow-up at 1.5 T and 3 T and Siemens, GE and Philips inputs.
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-06

The specific VA60 input-data row streamlines the predecessor T1-plus-FLAIR requirement, although introductory prose still repeats the older combination. Do not use the older VA51 manual as the VA60 acquisition specification.

Output and human action
Absolute and normalized brain-structure volumes, age-matched normative comparisons and deviation/label maps; WMH count and volume in four brain regions, maps of new or enlarged WMH on follow-up, and numeric/visual reports sent to PACS.
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-06
Limitations
Quantitative post-processing assists clinician evaluation. WMH follow-up permits changes in field strength, pixel spacing and slice thickness in VA60; a field-strength difference produces an information message.
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-05

This does not establish unrestricted mixing of acquisitions or that normative values from different software tools are interchangeable.

Regulatory identity

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FDA submission
K253057
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-08-31
Modality
MRI
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-05
Anatomy
Brain
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-05
Clearance type
510(k)
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-08-31
Decision date
2026-01-22
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-08-31
FDA status
FDA-cleared
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-08-31

Implementation

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Integration
Generated maps and reports can be exported to PACS; the summary describes confirmation and configuration UI components.
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-06
Deployment and data flow
Cloud solution and edge components on customer premises.
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-06
Security and privacy
Vendor documentation pending
Vendor confirmation Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-06

Exact-release data flows, hosting region, retention and scoped dated security certification remain unresolved; regulatory software testing is not current operational assurance.

Training and support
Vendor documentation pending
Vendor confirmation Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-06

A predecessor data sheet is available, but exact VA60 onboarding, competency and support terms were not verified.

Monitoring and change control
Vendor documentation pending
Vendor confirmation Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-06

Processing-status notifications in predecessor documentation do not establish clinical drift monitoring for VA60.

PACS output

Maps and numeric/visual reports can be exported to PACS.

exact submission · checked 2026-09-06

Predecessor review workflow

VA51 vendor data sheet describes browser confirm/reject, automatic PACS routing and optional processing-status notifier; current VA60 configuration requires confirmation.

product family · checked 2026-09-06

Evidence

Performance evidence

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Evidence summary
VA60 WMH testing used 100 subjects and follow-up testing used 165 subjects, with manually annotated reference data. Morphometry and morphometry follow-up were unchanged from the predicate. Testing supports the modified quantitative features, not a new prospective outcome benefit.
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-06

Preserves the baseline 100-subject cohort and adds the separately described 165-subject follow-up cohort; these are not pooled as unique patients.

Reported sensitivity
Not established in reviewed sources
Reviewed sources checked Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-06

No product-wide VA60 clinical sensitivity is promoted. Segmentation/follow-up endpoints and an older tool-to-tool volumetry study are not interchangeable with diagnosis.

Reported specificity
Not established in reviewed sources
Reviewed sources checked Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-06

No product-wide VA60 clinical specificity is established by the reviewed evidence.

No contextualized exact-version metric has completed evidence review. Regulatory-document values, when available, are shown above with their limitations.

K253057 WMH segmentation validation

Standalone evaluation against manually annotated ground truth from three radiologists · 100 subjects including multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer disease, cognitive impairment and healthy controls; 1.5 T/3 T Siemens, GE and Philips MRI

exact submission · Tested version: AI-Rad Companion Brain MR VA60 WMH feature · n=100 · Sponsor or vendor study

K253057

K253057 WMH follow-up validation

Standalone new/enlarged WMH evaluation against annotated longitudinal reference data · 165 subjects with multiple sclerosis or Alzheimer disease scanned at 1.5 T/3 T on Siemens, GE and Philips systems

exact submission · Tested version: AI-Rad Companion Brain MR VA60 WMH follow-up · n=165 · Sponsor or vendor study

K253057

Validity Assessment of an Automated Brain Morphometry Tool for Patients with De Novo Memory Symptoms

Retrospective comparison with FreeSurfer 7.1.1/Individual Longitudinal Participant processing and clinical impressions · T1-weighted MRI from 45 OASIS-4 participants with de novo memory symptoms

product family · Tested version: AI-Rad Companion Brain MR; no VA60 linkage in reviewed abstract · n=45 · Independence not established

PMID:36797031 · DOI:10.3174/ajnr.A7790

Strong correlation did not imply agreement of absolute volumes or standardized values across tools. No VA60 diagnostic sensitivity/specificity is inferred. Full-text disclosure review remains incomplete.

Economics and lifecycle

Budget and ongoing governance

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Pricing and total cost
Vendor documentation pending
Vendor confirmation Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-06

VA60 module, cloud/edge infrastructure, PACS integration and service prices are not established from reviewed materials.

Reimbursement and coding
Research pending
Needs research Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-06

No applicable payer coverage/payment policy reviewed for automated brain volumetry or WMH quantification.

Safety and lifecycle

Postmarket record

Recall and adverse-event records are shown only after product matching. Adverse-event reports do not establish incidence or causality.

Postmarket safety review
Not established in reviewed sources
Reviewed sources checked Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-06

Downloaded exact-ID recall packet contained zero records; this limited result does not establish absence of recall or safety information.

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Research record

What has been checked

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Human reviewedStatus
2026-09-06Last searched
20Fields reviewed
11Source classes checked
1Reviewed PubMed leads
0Reviewed trial leads
0Unreviewed FDA recall leads

Stored metadata screened September 5. Primary author-institution abstract reviewed September 6 after PubMed/PMC verification barriers; retained as 45-participant family volumetry study, not VA60 results. Stored trial array was empty. The current discovery snapshot contains 1 PubMed and 0 ClinicalTrials.gov candidate records; its dated, count-matched human screening remains current. Unlinked candidates remain quarantined. Native FDA recall identifiers produced 0 postmarket candidate records; 0 have been reviewed (0 published, 0 rejected) and 0 remain unreviewed.

Candidate leads were screened against the exact product and tested version. Unlinked records remain quarantined.

Source classes: fda ai list, acr ai central product, fda decision summary, vendor technical documentation, peer reviewed literature, literature index, trial registry, stored candidate metadata, pubmed, clinical trials, openfda device recall

Sources

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Sources accessed through 2026-09-06.

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