FDA-cleared profile

MR DWI/FLAIR Measurement V1.0

Olea Medical

The application processes brain DWI and FLAIR MRI to calculate ADC maps, segment ADC-hypointense regions, and communicate relative or normalized FLAIR measurements and contralateral ratios.

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

Start with the authorized purpose, then verify how it fits your service line and reading workflow.

Exact purpose
The application processes brain DWI and FLAIR MRI to calculate ADC maps, segment ADC-hypointense regions, and communicate relative or normalized FLAIR measurements and contralateral ratios.
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-03
Intended users
Physicians, medical technicians, and trained professionals with medical-imaging education.
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-03
Care setting and population
Healthcare-facility MRI assessment workflows using a compatible medical image communications platform.
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-03
Workflow role
Automated DWI/FLAIR image processing and quantitative measurement support alongside the full native examination and other patient information.
Public source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-03
Required input
DICOM diffusion-weighted and FLAIR MR series.
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-03
Output and human action
ADC maps, hypointense-area segmentations, relative and normalized FLAIR images, and derived metrics for display in a DICOM viewer.
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-03
Limitations
The application is not a standalone diagnostic device, does not alter the original images, and cannot be the sole basis for diagnosis, therapy, or patient management. Users must review all native images.
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-03

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
K230552
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-08-31
Modality
MRI
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-03
Anatomy
Brain
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-03
Clearance type
510(k)
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-08-31
Decision date
2023-04-26
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
Containerized application with dedicated input/output channels on a compatible image-communications platform; validate DICOM series selection, vendor and protocol variation, output association, viewer display, notification, and failure handling.
Public source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-03
Deployment and data flow
A Docker application running on Olea Platform or another compatible configurable medical image communications platform.
Public source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-03
Security and privacy
K230552 describes an independently deployable container and platform-mediated file channels but does not establish a complete current security posture. Obtain the exact container provenance, hardening, identity, audit, encryption, update, backup, and incident-response package.
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-03

Confirm the controls against the exact contracted architecture and release.

Training and support
Only physicians, medical technicians, and trained professionals with medical-imaging education. should operate or interpret the system. Local onboarding should cover the exact release, supported population, limitations, failure examples, escalation, downtime, and competency documentation.
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-03
Monitoring and change control
Monitor by exact hardware, software and model version, patient population, anatomy, protocol, operator, input quality, output edits or overrides, failed studies, repeat acquisition or rework, downstream impact, downtime, incidents, recalls, and updates. Track the limits that matter for this product: The application is not a standalone diagnostic device, does not alter the original images, and cannot be the sole basis for diagnosis, therapy, or patient management. Users must review all native images.
Public source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-03

Release and scope verification

Map the installed model, build, options, population, anatomy, inputs, and outputs to K230552 before acceptance.

exact submission · checked 2026-09-03

Later product-family features are not evidence that this cleared release includes them.

Interoperability acceptance

Containerized application with dedicated input/output channels on a compatible image-communications platform; validate DICOM series selection, vendor and protocol variation, output association, viewer display, notification, and failure handling.

exact submission · checked 2026-09-03

Test representative identifiers, orientation, geometry, measurements, units, routing, failure handling, and round trips locally.

Clinical acceptance

Use a signed local test set for the supported population and workflow. Include common and difficult cases, exclusions, acquisition variation, failed or low-quality inputs, reviewer overrides, and downstream effects. The application is not a standalone diagnostic device, does not alter the original images, and cannot be the sole basis for diagnosis, therapy, or patient management. Users must review all native images.

exact submission · checked 2026-09-03

Define stop-use, escalation, rollback, and revalidation triggers before production use.

Economic evaluation

Model capital and recurring cost against net staff time after review, throughput, repeat imaging or rework, room time, consumables, infrastructure, training, service, downtime, upgrade, and replacement costs.

product family · checked 2026-09-03

Vendor productivity claims are scenario inputs, not guaranteed local savings.

Lifecycle monitoring

Monitor by exact hardware, software and model version, patient population, anatomy, protocol, operator, input quality, output edits or overrides, failed studies, repeat acquisition or rework, downstream impact, downtime, incidents, recalls, and updates. Track the limits that matter for this product: The application is not a standalone diagnostic device, does not alter the original images, and cannot be the sole basis for diagnosis, therapy, or patient management. Users must review all native images.

exact submission · checked 2026-09-03

Revalidate after material software, hardware, model, protocol, interface, or clinical-policy changes.

Evidence

Performance evidence

Metrics are shown only when they are tied to a source, endpoint, population, and tested product version.

Evidence summary
K230552 reports independent-institution testing of its diffusion brain-extraction model and a comparative clinical image study against Olea Sphere. Relative FLAIR bias was 0.004 with 95% limits from -0.013 to 0.021; segmentation Dice ranged from 0.816 to 0.976.
Public source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-03
Reported sensitivity
Not applicable
Not applicable Not applicable Checked 2026-09-03

Sensitivity is not the primary applicable endpoint for this acquisition, reconstruction, segmentation, planning, guidance, or quantitative-biomarker function. Use the task-specific endpoints and tested population reported below.

Reported specificity
Not applicable
Not applicable Not applicable Checked 2026-09-03

Specificity is not the primary applicable endpoint for this acquisition, reconstruction, segmentation, planning, guidance, or quantitative-biomarker function. Use the task-specific endpoints and tested population reported below.

Held-out brain-extraction test cases

28 cases

Independent-institution diffusion brain extraction in MR DWI/FLAIR Measurement V1.0.

Tested version: MR DWI/FLAIR Measurement V1.0

Relative FLAIR average bias

0.004 ratio

Agreement with predicate calculation in MR DWI/FLAIR Measurement V1.0.

Tested version: MR DWI/FLAIR Measurement V1.0

Relative FLAIR lower Dice

0.816 DSC

ADC-hypointense segmentation agreement in MR DWI/FLAIR Measurement V1.0.

Tested version: MR DWI/FLAIR Measurement V1.0

Relative FLAIR upper Dice

0.976 DSC

ADC-hypointense segmentation agreement in MR DWI/FLAIR Measurement V1.0.

Tested version: MR DWI/FLAIR Measurement V1.0

K230552 FDA performance package for MR DWI/FLAIR Measurement V1.0

Manufacturer held-out multi-institution brain-extraction testing and comparative clinical image agreement study · DWI and FLAIR brain MRI from Siemens, GE, Philips, and Canon systems

exact submission · Tested version: MR DWI/FLAIR Measurement V1.0 · n=28 · Sponsor or vendor study

K230552

Manufacturer evidence submitted for substantial equivalence; local clinical, technical, and workflow acceptance remains necessary.

Economics and lifecycle

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 2026-09-03

No public list price for the exact cleared configuration was found. Obtain a written quote separating hardware or license basis, enabled features, implementation, interfaces, infrastructure, training, service, upgrades, renewal, consumables, and exit costs.

Reimbursement and coding
No separate named-product Medicare payment was identified in the reviewed CMS coverage material. Evaluate the device within the applicable imaging or surgical service line and verify payer, site-of-service, and coding assumptions independently.
Public source Not applicable Checked 2026-09-03

No product-specific code

No separate named-product payment identified in reviewed public material

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · United States

Build a local total-cost and value model; do not infer reimbursement from FDA clearance.

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 2026-09-02 openFDA device-recall snapshot contained no record matched to K230552 by exact submission identifier.
Public source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-03

A zero-result exact-identifier search does not prove that no recall, correction, adverse-event report, or product-family safety signal exists.

Buyer worksheet

Open questions to take to the vendor

Open evaluation checklist

Research record

What has been checked

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

Human reviewedStatus
2026-09-04Last searched
24Fields reviewed
8Source classes checked
20Unreviewed PubMed leads
7Unreviewed trial leads
0Unreviewed FDA recall leads

Recovered from the prior exact-submission extraction and normalized under the current provenance rules. Exact FDA materials, current product-family sources, selected clinical literature, reimbursement context, and exact-identifier recall candidates were reviewed. Pricing, contracted services, enabled options, final security architecture, and local interoperability remain organization-specific evidence. Automated exact-name discovery found 20 PubMed and 7 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, vendor product page, reimbursement policy, fda device recall, pubmed, clinical trials, openfda device recall

Sources

Source ledger

Sources accessed through 2026-09-03.

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