FDA-cleared profile

FerriSmart Analysis System

Resonance Health Analysis Services Pty Ltd

Measures R2 and liver iron concentration from MRI scans for specified systemic iron-overload and thalassemia indications.

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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Measures R2 and liver iron concentration from MRI scans for specified systemic iron-overload and thalassemia indications.

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
Measures R2 and liver iron concentration from MRI scans for specified systemic iron-overload and thalassemia indications.
  • FDA source
  • Exact FDA submission
  • Checked 2026-09-15

Clinical-use display mirrors the exact FDA-supported purpose reconciled in this remediation finding.

Intended users
Radiologist
  • Public source
  • Exact FDA submission
  • Checked 2026-09-01

Intended-user text reported in the exact-submission ACR model card.

Care setting and population
Research pending
  • Needs research
  • Exact FDA submission
  • Checked 2026-08-31

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Workflow role
Post-processing analysis
  • Public source
  • Exact FDA submission
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Conservative normalization of explicit wording in an exact-submission source.

Required input
Multi-slice spin-echo abdominal MRI using the specified protocol and DICOM quality-control review.
  • FDA source
  • Exact FDA submission
  • Checked 2026-09-15

FDA packet input and protocol scope.

Output and human action
R2 and liver iron concentration in micromole and mg/g dry liver weight, with analyzed images in the report.
  • FDA source
  • Exact FDA submission
  • Checked 2026-09-15

FDA packet output scope.

Limitations
Protocol-critical image quality control is required; FerriSmart and FerriScan are not interchangeable, and final management remains with the treating clinician.
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  • Exact FDA submission
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Exact FDA limitation boundary.

Regulatory identity

FDA record and catalog context

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FDA submission
K182218
  • FDA source
  • Exact FDA submission
  • Checked 2026-08-31
Modality
MRI
  • FDA source
  • Exact FDA submission
  • Checked 2026-09-15

FDA packet MRI scope.

Anatomy
Liver
  • FDA source
  • Exact FDA submission
  • Checked 2026-09-15

Exact FDA liver scope.

Clearance type
510(k)
  • FDA source
  • Exact FDA submission
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Decision date
2018-11-30
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  • Exact FDA submission
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FDA status
FDA-cleared
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  • Exact FDA submission
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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.
  • Public source
  • Exact FDA submission
  • Checked 2026-09-01

Interoperability terms explicitly reported in the exact-submission ACR model card; interface versions and local compatibility still require confirmation.

Deployment and data flow
On-cloud
  • Public source
  • Exact FDA submission
  • Checked 2026-08-13

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
  • Vendor confirmation
  • Exact FDA submission
  • Checked 2026-09-09

Exact-release security controls, data retention, hosting boundaries, and scoped assurance documentation require vendor confirmation.

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

Current training prerequisites, competency checks, and support commitments for the exact configuration require vendor confirmation.

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

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

Confirm currently supported software versions, protocols, and site-specific acquisition configurations.

ACR exact-submission catalog context

ACR AI Central provides an exact-submission model card for FerriSmart Analysis System; FDA labeling remains controlling for clinical use, limitations, and performance.

exact submission · checked 2026-09-09

Evidence

Performance evidence

Metrics are shown only when they are tied to a source, endpoint, population, and tested product version. Candidate literature without exact product and version linkage is not shown as product evidence.

Evidence summary
Repeatability study of 60 and 971 clinical datasets; sensitivity and specificity are threshold-specific rather than one generic pair.
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Submission-reported threshold-specific testing.

Reported sensitivity
95%; 89%
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  • Exact FDA submission
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Values reported in the exact-submission materials. Consult the linked source for endpoint, threshold, population, and confidence interval before comparison.

Reported specificity
95%; 90%
  • FDA source
  • Exact FDA submission
  • Checked 2026-08-13

Values reported in the exact-submission materials. Consult the linked source for endpoint, threshold, population, and confidence interval before comparison.

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

FerriSmart Analysis System regulatory performance study summary

  • DesignStand-Alone Performance
  • PopulationPopulation described in the exact-submission ACR model card
  • Scopeexact submission
  • Tested versionExact product version not reported; regulatory study summarized for FDA submission K182218
  • IndependenceIndependence not established

K182218

ACR AI Central summarizes the regulatory study; consult the exact FDA materials before comparative use.

Costs and setup

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

No public price or quote for the exact K182218 configuration was established in this review.

Reimbursement and coding
Not established in reviewed sources
  • Reviewed sources checked
  • Exact FDA submission
  • Checked 2026-09-09

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 K182218. 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.
  • Public source
  • Exact FDA submission
  • Checked 2026-09-09

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Research record

What has been checked

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Exact FDA record reviewedStatus
2026-09-15Last searched
25Fields reviewed
10Source classes checked
0Awaiting review PubMed leads
0Awaiting 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 decision-summary packet reviewed on 2026-09-15. Applied FDA-supported reader facts: purpose, modality, anatomy, input, output, limitations, evidenceSummary. Facts marked unknown in the FDA packet retain any prior non-FDA source without reclassification. Candidate literature and postmarket candidates remain in their existing review state. Automated exact-name discovery found 0 PubMed and 0 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, fda decision summary packet, pubmed, clinical trials, openfda device recall

Sources & history

How this profile was documented

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Source ledger

  1. FDA K182218: FerriSmart Analysis System

    U.S. Food and Drug Administration - Published 2018-11-30 - Accessed 2026-09-09

    Scope: identity, clinicalUse, modality, anatomy, workflow, evidence, implementation, purpose, input, output, limitations, evidenceSummary

  2. Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Medical Devices

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

    Scope: regulatoryIdentity, modalityContext

  3. FerriSmart Analysis System model card (K182218)

    American College of Radiology - Published 2026-08-17 - Accessed 2026-09-01

    Scope: intendedUsers, 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 K182218

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

    Scope: postmarketSafety

Research history

  1. K182218 FDA decision

    Regulatory record

    510(k)

  2. Source-review record updated

    Research record

    fda record reviewed

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