FDA-cleared profile

syngo.CT Lung CAD

Siemens Medical Solutions, Inc

Authorized purpose: Adjunctive CAD assistance to alert radiologists to potentially overlooked solid pulmonary nodules during chest MDCT review; second-reader use only after the radiologist's initial read.

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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Authorized purpose: Adjunctive CAD assistance to alert radiologists to potentially overlooked solid pulmonary nodules during chest MDCT review; second-reader use only after the radiologist's initial read.

Overview status: Source-reviewed overview

Clinical takeaway

Clinical role: Adjunctive CAD assistance to alert radiologists to potentially overlooked solid pulmonary nodules during chest MDCT review; second-reader use only after the radiologist's initial read.

Evidence takeaway

Evidence from the reviewed source record: Performance testing found the VC30 standalone sensitivity superior to VC20 and the false-positive rate reduced; true-positive and false-positive marks were reasonably consistent with the predicate in location and extent. The packet states that endpoint definitions and sample size were set in the test protocols but reports no numeric sensitivity, specificity, AUC, PPV, NPV, or reader-delta results.

Clinical details

What this tool is for

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Exact purpose
Adjunctive CAD assistance to alert radiologists to potentially overlooked solid pulmonary nodules during chest MDCT review; second-reader use only after the radiologist's initial read.
  • FDA source
  • Exact FDA submission
  • Checked 2026-09-09
Intended users
Radiologists and trained professionals evaluating the CAD output.
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  • Exact FDA submission
  • Checked 2026-09-09
Care setting and population
Diagnostic chest CT reading workflow.
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  • Exact FDA submission
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Workflow role
Second-reader support after the radiologist completes the initial read, with ROI alerting and full professional review of the case.
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  • Exact FDA submission
  • Checked 2026-09-09
Required input
Thoracic MDCT from Siemens multi-detector CT scanners with four or more detector rows, covering the entire thorax from lung apices to bases; the device is optimized for solid nodules at least 3 mm and less than 20 mm, with cranio-caudal or caudal-cranial scan direction and the table's stated CT input parameters.
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  • Exact FDA submission
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Output and human action
A list of nodule candidate locations sent to syngo MM Oncology or another visualization/rendering component, which produces output image series with CAD marks superimposed on the input thoracic CT images.
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  • Exact FDA submission
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Limitations
The FDA scope is solid pulmonary nodules at least 3 mm and less than 20 mm in diagnostic chest MDCT, with central or peripheral location and round or irregular contour. The device is second-reader only, the output is evaluated by trained professionals, and the original acquired data are not changed.
  • FDA source
  • Exact FDA submission
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Regulatory identity

FDA record and catalog context

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FDA submission
K193216
  • FDA source
  • Exact FDA submission
  • Checked 2026-08-31
Modality
CT/CTA
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  • Exact FDA submission
  • Checked 2026-09-09
Anatomy
Solid pulmonary nodules in the thorax.
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  • Exact FDA submission
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Clearance type
510(k)
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  • Exact FDA submission
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Decision date
2020-03-09
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  • Checked 2026-08-31
FDA status
FDA-cleared
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Implementation

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Integration
The algorithm has no own display UI and sends candidate locations to syngo MM Oncology or a visualization/rendering component; syngo MM Oncology runs on syngo.via for CAD-mark display. Specific local PACS or RIS compatibility is not established.
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  • Exact FDA submission
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Deployment and data flow
On-premise
  • 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
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Exact-release security controls, data retention, hosting boundaries, and scoped assurance documentation require vendor confirmation.

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
  • Vendor confirmation
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Current drift, quality, uptime, alert, escalation, and incident-response commitments for the exact configuration require vendor confirmation.

ACR exact-submission catalog context

ACR AI Central provides an exact-submission model card for syngo.CT Lung CAD; FDA labeling remains controlling for clinical use, limitations, and performance.

exact submission ยท checked 2026-09-09

Evidence

Performance evidence

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Evidence summary
Performance testing found the VC30 standalone sensitivity superior to VC20 and the false-positive rate reduced; true-positive and false-positive marks were reasonably consistent with the predicate in location and extent. The packet states that endpoint definitions and sample size were set in the test protocols but reports no numeric sensitivity, specificity, AUC, PPV, NPV, or reader-delta results.
  • FDA source
  • Exact FDA submission
  • Checked 2026-09-09
Reported sensitivity
Research pending
  • Needs research
  • Exact FDA submission
  • Checked 2026-08-31

This field has not been curated yet.

Reported specificity
Research pending
  • Needs research
  • Exact FDA submission
  • Checked 2026-08-31

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.

Costs and setup

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Pricing and total cost
Vendor documentation pending
  • Vendor confirmation
  • Exact FDA submission
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No public price or quote for the exact K193216 configuration was established in this review.

Reimbursement and coding
Not established in reviewed sources
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  • 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 K193216. 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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  • 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
2026-09-20Last searched
17Fields reviewed
9Source classes checked
0Screened PubMed leads
0Screened trial leads
0Unreviewed FDA recall leads

The refreshed discovery snapshot contains no PubMed or ClinicalTrials.gov candidates; no external evidence was promoted. The current discovery snapshot contains 0 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, 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 K193216: syngo.CT Lung CAD

    U.S. Food and Drug Administration - Published 2020-03-09 - Accessed 2026-09-09

    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. syngo.CT Lung CAD model card (K193216)

    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. openFDA Device Recall API

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

    Scope: recallDiscovery, nativeSubmissionMatching

  7. openFDA exact recall query for K193216

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

    Scope: postmarketSafety

Research history

  1. K193216 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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