FDA-cleared profile

AI-Rad Companion (Musculoskeletal)

Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.

AI-Rad Companion (Musculoskeletal) is an image processing software that provides quantitative and qualitative analysis from previously acquired Computed Tomography DICOM images to support radiologists and physicians from emergency medicine, specialty care, urgent care, and general practice in the evaluation and assessment of musculoskeletal disease. It provides the following functionality: • Segmentation of vertebras • Labelling of vertebras • Measurements of heights in each vertebra and indication if they are critically different • Measurement of mean Hounsfield value in volume of interest within vertebra. Only DICOM images of adult patients are considered to be valid input.

Evidence status: each field states its source quality, applicability, and review date. Research pending, information not established, and vendor documentation pending remain distinct outcomes.

Product overview

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AI-Rad Companion (Musculoskeletal) is an image processing software that provides quantitative and qualitative analysis from previously acquired Computed Tomography DICOM images to support radiologists and physicians from emergency medicine, specialty care, urgent care, and general practice in the evaluation and assessment of musculoskeletal disease. It provides the following functionality: • Segmentation of vertebras • Labelling of vertebras • Measurements of heights in each vertebra and indication if they are critically different • Measurement of mean Hounsfield value in volume of interest within vertebra. Only DICOM images of adult patients are considered to be valid input.

Overview status: Field-derived fact summary This section is assembled from the sourced field records below; it is not a source-reviewed editorial overview.

Clinical details

What this tool is for

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Exact purpose
AI-Rad Companion (Musculoskeletal) is an image processing software that provides quantitative and qualitative analysis from previously acquired Computed Tomography DICOM images to support radiologists and physicians from emergency medicine, specialty care, urgent care, and general practice in the evaluation and assessment of musculoskeletal disease. It provides the following functionality: • Segmentation of vertebras • Labelling of vertebras • Measurements of heights in each vertebra and indication if they are critically different • Measurement of mean Hounsfield value in volume of interest within vertebra. Only DICOM images of adult patients are considered to be valid input.
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Intended users
Radiologists, Physicians
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Intended-user text reported in the exact-submission ACR model card.

Care setting and population
Adult
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Patient-population text reported in the exact-submission ACR model card; institutional setting may still require vendor confirmation.

Workflow role
Segmentation or contouring
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Required input
CT/CTA images or data involving Spine; consult the FDA labeling for exact protocol, series, and quality requirements.
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Output and human action
Segmentation of vertebras Labelling of vertebras Measurements of heights in each vertebra and indication if they are critically different Measurement of mean Hounsfield value in volume of interest within vertebra
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Clinical output reported in the exact-submission ACR model card.

Limitations
Scanner manufacturers: All
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Limitations and supported-acquisition details reported in the exact-submission ACR model card.

Regulatory identity

FDA record and catalog context

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FDA submission
K222361
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Modality
CT/CTA
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Anatomy
Spine
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Clearance type
510(k)
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Decision date
2022-10-20
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FDA status
FDA-cleared
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Implementation

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Integration
The exact-submission ACR model card explicitly references DICOM in the described input, output, or workflow; exact interfaces, versions, and local compatibility require confirmation.
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Interoperability terms explicitly reported in the exact-submission ACR model card; interface versions and local compatibility still require confirmation.

Deployment and data flow
Hybrid
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Deployment category preserved from the prior exact-submission review; hosting region, data flow, and current commercial configuration still require vendor confirmation.

Security and privacy
Vendor documentation pending
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Training and support
Vendor documentation pending
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Current training prerequisites, competency checks, and support commitments for the exact configuration require vendor confirmation.

Monitoring and change control
Vendor documentation pending
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Current drift, quality, uptime, alert, escalation, and incident-response commitments for the exact configuration require vendor confirmation.

Input or output interoperability

DICOM is explicitly referenced in the described input, output, or workflow.

exact submission · checked 2026-09-01

The model card does not establish every supported DICOM object, transfer method, or local interface.

Supported acquisition environment

Scanner manufacturers: All

exact submission · checked 2026-09-01

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ACR exact-submission catalog context

ACR AI Central provides an exact-submission model card for AI-Rad Companion (Musculoskeletal); FDA labeling remains controlling for clinical use, limitations, and performance.

exact submission · checked 2026-09-08

Evidence

Performance evidence

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Evidence summary
Study type: Stand-Alone Performance. Cases: 140. Reference standard: Interpretation by Reviewing Clinician
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Structured study metadata from the exact-submission ACR model card; this is not an independent evidence synthesis.

Reported sensitivity
Research pending
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This field has not been curated yet.

Reported specificity
Research pending
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This field has not been curated yet.

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

AI-Rad Companion (Musculoskeletal) regulatory performance study summary

  • DesignStand-Alone Performance
  • PopulationAdult
  • Scopeexact submission
  • Tested versionExact product version not reported; regulatory study summarized for FDA submission K222361
  • Samplen=140
  • IndependenceIndependence not established

K222361

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Costs and setup

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Pricing and total cost
Vendor documentation pending
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No public price or quote for the exact K222361 configuration was established in this review.

Reimbursement and coding
Not established in reviewed sources
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No exact-product payer policy, coding instruction, or payment determination was established; eligibility must be evaluated by payer, site of service, and use case.

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
The exact-identifier FDA recall query returned no native recall record for K222361. This limited result does not establish absence of recalls or other safety information and does not cover later versions, family records, MAUDE reports, corrections, or field notices.
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Research record

What has been checked

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Exact FDA record reviewedStatus
2026-09-08Last searched
23Fields reviewed
9Source classes checked
20Awaiting review PubMed leads
1Awaiting review trial leads
0Unreviewed FDA recall leads

Exact-submission ACR model-card fields were normalized under the current provenance rules; vendor and independent-study confirmation remain distinct. Exact FDA scope controls clinical claims. ACR and official vendor material provide bounded catalog or product-family context. Candidate literature metadata remains a discovery queue until full-text identity, endpoint, population, and version review is completed. Automated exact-name discovery found 20 PubMed and 1 ClinicalTrials.gov candidate records. Candidates require human product and version matching; zero candidates is not evidence that no studies exist. Native FDA recall identifiers produced 0 postmarket candidate records; 0 have been reviewed (0 published, 0 rejected) and 0 remain unreviewed.

Candidate leads remain unpublished until a human confirms the exact product and tested version.

Source classes: fda ai list, fda decision summary, acr ai central product, fda device recall, literature index, trial registry, pubmed, clinical trials, openfda device recall

Sources & history

How this profile was documented

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Source ledger

  1. FDA K222361: AI-Rad Companion (Musculoskeletal)

    U.S. Food and Drug Administration - Published 2022-10-20 - Accessed 2026-09-08

    Scope: identity, clinicalUse, modality, anatomy, workflow, evidence, implementation

  2. Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Medical Devices

    U.S. Food and Drug Administration - Accessed 2026-08-31

    Scope: regulatoryIdentity, modalityContext

  3. AI-Rad Companion (Musculoskeletal) model card (K222361)

    American College of Radiology - Published 2026-06-26 - Accessed 2026-09-01

    Scope: intendedUsers, careSetting, output, limitations, evidenceSummary, integration, anatomy, evidenceStudies, implementationCapabilities

  4. PubMed biomedical literature index

    U.S. National Library of Medicine - Accessed 2026-09-01

    Scope: evidenceDiscovery

  5. ClinicalTrials.gov study registry

    U.S. National Library of Medicine - Accessed 2026-09-01

    Scope: evidenceDiscovery, studyStatus

  6. openFDA Device Recall API

    U.S. Food and Drug Administration - Accessed 2026-09-02

    Scope: recallDiscovery, nativeSubmissionMatching

  7. openFDA exact recall query for K222361

    U.S. Food and Drug Administration - Accessed 2026-09-08

    Scope: postmarketSafety

Research history

  1. K222361 FDA decision

    Regulatory record

    510(k)

  2. Source-review record updated

    Research record

    fda record reviewed

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