FDA-cleared profile

HEPATIC VCAR

GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS SCS

Authorized purpose: Hepatic VCAR analyzes CT liver images to assess liver morphology and liver lesions with automated liver, lobe, segment, lesion, and measurement tools that a clinician can edit and confirm.

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

Start with the essentials

Authorized purpose: Hepatic VCAR analyzes CT liver images to assess liver morphology and liver lesions with automated liver, lobe, segment, lesion, and measurement tools that a clinician can edit and confirm.

Overview status: Source-reviewed overview

Clinical takeaway

Clinical role: Hepatic VCAR analyzes CT liver images to assess liver morphology and liver lesions with automated liver, lobe, segment, lesion, and measurement tools that a clinician can edit and confirm.

Evidence takeaway

Evidence from the reviewed source record: The exact FDA submission K133649 is the identity anchor. Its public decision material supports the submission-specific product and intended-use summary recorded here; it does not establish a general product-wide sensitivity or specificity value for this dossier.

Clinical details

What this tool is for

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Exact purpose
Hepatic VCAR analyzes CT liver images to assess liver morphology and liver lesions with automated liver, lobe, segment, lesion, and measurement tools that a clinician can edit and confirm.
  • FDA source
  • Exact FDA submission
  • Checked 2026-09-04
Intended users
Qualified radiologists and other trained imaging professionals.
  • FDA source
  • Exact FDA submission
  • Checked 2026-09-04
Care setting and population
Radiology workstations, connected imaging environments, or other exact-release CT-processing workflows.
  • FDA source
  • Exact FDA submission
  • Checked 2026-09-04
Workflow role
CT image networking, processing, enhancement, triage, measurement, or professional workflow support.
  • FDA source
  • Exact FDA submission
  • Checked 2026-09-04
Required input
Supported CT or CTA DICOM images and the metadata required by the exact release-specific processing workflow.
  • FDA source
  • Exact FDA submission
  • Checked 2026-09-04
Output and human action
Processed CT image objects, measurements, notifications, or worklist outputs for professional review.
  • FDA source
  • Exact FDA submission
  • Checked 2026-09-04
Limitations
Input protocol, contrast, anatomy, model, software version, output review, and local integration limits are release-specific. Hepatic VCAR analyzes CT liver images to assess liver morphology and liver lesions with automated liver, lobe, segment, lesion, and measurement tools that a clinician can edit and confirm.
  • FDA source
  • Exact FDA submission
  • Checked 2026-09-04

Regulatory identity

FDA record and catalog context

The FDA listing establishes the regulatory identity. It does not by itself establish local workflow fit, pricing, security, or performance in your environment.

FDA submission
K133649
  • FDA source
  • Exact FDA submission
  • Checked 2026-08-31
Modality
CT/CTA
  • FDA source
  • Exact FDA submission
  • Checked 2026-09-04
Anatomy
Liver
  • FDA source
  • Exact FDA submission
  • Checked 2026-09-04
Clearance type
510(k)
  • FDA source
  • Exact FDA submission
  • Checked 2026-08-31
Decision date
2014-04-22
  • 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
Not established in reviewed sources
  • Reviewed sources checked
  • Exact FDA submission
  • Checked 2026-09-04

Exact submission evidence and the current vendor family material do not establish the exact site's DICOM, worklist, PACS/RIS, identity, routing, display, or fallback behavior.

Deployment and data flow
Not established in reviewed sources
  • Reviewed sources checked
  • Exact FDA submission
  • Checked 2026-09-04

Exact deployment topology, hosting, network boundaries, update mechanism, and local operational requirements are not established for this submission.

Security and privacy
Not established in reviewed sources
  • Reviewed sources checked
  • Exact FDA submission
  • Checked 2026-09-04

Public sources reviewed here do not establish the complete exact-release security posture, including identity, audit, encryption, retention, remote access, vulnerability management, backup, or incident response.

Training and support
Vendor documentation pending
  • Vendor confirmation
  • Exact FDA submission
  • Checked 2026-08-13

Training, onboarding, competency, and support commitments are commercial implementation details that require current vendor documentation.

Monitoring and change control
Vendor documentation pending
  • Vendor confirmation
  • Exact FDA submission
  • Checked 2026-08-13

Local acceptance testing, production monitoring, drift review, update control, and incident escalation require a current vendor and site-specific governance plan.

Workflow role

CT image networking, processing, enhancement, triage, measurement, or professional workflow support.

exact submission · checked 2026-09-04

This is a submission-anchored intended-use summary, not a local acceptance result.

Input

Supported CT or CTA DICOM images and the metadata required by the exact release-specific processing workflow.

exact submission · checked 2026-09-04

Exact supported inputs and protocol limits must be confirmed from the complete labeling.

Output

Processed CT image objects, measurements, notifications, or worklist outputs for professional review.

exact submission · checked 2026-09-04

Output review, editing, and downstream use remain release- and site-specific.

Vendor family context

Current vendor material is product-family context for K133649 only; exact release, enabled options, deployment, and local interoperability require confirmation.

product family · checked 2026-09-04

Vendor material is not exact-release evidence unless that linkage is separately proven.

Site validation status

Exact local interfaces, deployment topology, security controls, downtime behavior, and support obligations remain unestablished.

exact submission · checked 2026-09-04

Obtain organization-specific implementation evidence before procurement or clinical use.

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
The exact FDA submission K133649 is the identity anchor. Its public decision material supports the submission-specific product and intended-use summary recorded here; it does not establish a general product-wide sensitivity or specificity value for this dossier.
  • FDA source
  • Exact FDA submission
  • Checked 2026-09-04
Reported sensitivity
Not established in reviewed sources
  • Reviewed sources checked
  • Exact FDA submission
  • Checked 2026-09-04

No exact submission and version-linked sensitivity endpoint is published in this dossier; do not substitute a product-family or candidate-study value.

Reported specificity
Not established in reviewed sources
  • Reviewed sources checked
  • Exact FDA submission
  • Checked 2026-09-04

No exact submission and version-linked specificity endpoint is published in this dossier; do not substitute a product-family or candidate-study value.

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

FDA submission-specific verification and validation evidence for K133649

  • DesignRegulatory verification, validation, and labeling evidence reviewed for exact FDA submission K133649.
  • PopulationThe labeled population and test materials for exact submission K133649; a general clinical study population is not established here.
  • Scopeexact submission
  • Tested versionHEPATIC VCAR (K133649)
  • IndependenceSponsor or vendor study

K133649

FDA regulatory evidence is submission-specific but is not independent clinical performance evidence.

2 unlinked candidate evidence records are retained for source review and excluded from this evidence display.

Costs and setup

Budget and ongoing governance

These are common procurement questions; unknown values remain visible until a source supports them.

Pricing and total cost
Not established in reviewed sources
  • Reviewed sources checked
  • Exact FDA submission
  • Checked 2026-09-04

No public exact-release price, license fee, subscription, contract, or implementation cost was established in this review.

Reimbursement and coding
Not applicable
  • Not applicable
  • Not applicable
  • Checked 2026-09-04

CMS index context was checked, but no product-specific coverage or reimbursement determination is inferred.

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 2026-09-04

No native submission-identifier match was found in the checked openFDA radiology recall snapshot. Product-name, manufacturer, and adverse-event searches remain necessary; this does not establish that no recall or safety report exists.

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Research record

What has been checked

This audit distinguishes completed source review from fields that have not yet been researched.

Exact FDA record reviewedStatus
2026-09-20Last searched
28Fields reviewed
14Source classes checked
2Screened PubMed leads
0Screened trial leads
0Unreviewed FDA recall leads

The refreshed discovery snapshot contains 2 PubMed and 0 ClinicalTrials.gov candidate records. Discovery metadata alone does not establish exact tested-product, version, population, and endpoint applicability, so all candidates remain quarantined and none was promoted. The current discovery snapshot contains 2 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 product page, implementation documentation, reimbursement policy, peer reviewed literature, clinical trial registry, 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 decision summary for K133649 - HEPATIC VCAR

    U.S. Food and Drug Administration - Published 2014-04-22 - Accessed 2026-09-04

    Scope: regulatoryIdentity, productIdentity, indication, modality, anatomy, workflowRole, input, output, limitations, evidenceSummary

  2. Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Medical Devices

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

    Scope: regulatoryIdentity, modalityContext

  3. HEPATIC VCAR model card (K133649)

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

    Scope: anatomy

  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. Medicare Coverage Database

    Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services - Accessed 2026-09-01

    Scope: coverage, codingContext

  7. openFDA Device Recall API

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

    Scope: recallDiscovery, nativeSubmissionMatching

  8. GE HealthCare liver-analysis family context

    GE HealthCare - Accessed 2026-09-04

    Scope: productFamilyContext, workflowRole, implementationCapabilities

  9. Deep learning-based volumetry of the future liver remnants and prediction of candidates for major hepatectomy.

    U.S. National Library of Medicine - Accessed 2026-09-04

    Scope: evidenceStudies, productFamilyContext, evidenceDiscovery

  10. Relationship of the Presence of the Inferior Right Hepatic Vein with the Right Hepatic Vein Diameter and CT Liver Volumetry.

    U.S. National Library of Medicine - Accessed 2026-09-04

    Scope: evidenceStudies, productFamilyContext, evidenceDiscovery

Research history

  1. K133649 FDA decision

    Regulatory record

    510(k)

  2. Source-review record updated

    Research record

    fda record reviewed

  3. Reader overview source-reviewed

    Editorial review

    Source-reviewed editorial overlay

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