FDA-cleared profile

uCT ATLAS Astound with uWS-CT-Dual Energy Analysis; uCT ATLAS with uWS-CT-Dual Energy Analysis

Shanghai United Imaging Healthcare Co.,Ltd.

uCT ATLAS Astound and uCT ATLAS are whole-body CT systems for head, body, cardiac, and vascular imaging, with dual-energy analysis options and protocol-governed low-dose lung-screening use within approved programs.

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
uCT ATLAS Astound and uCT ATLAS are whole-body CT systems for head, body, cardiac, and vascular imaging, with dual-energy analysis options and protocol-governed low-dose lung-screening use within approved programs.
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-03
Intended users
Qualified CT technologists and trained interpreting or treating physicians.
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-03
Care setting and population
Hospital and outpatient CT, interventional, oncology, or radiotherapy departments within the cleared scope.
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-03
Workflow role
CT acquisition, reconstruction, visualization, and release-specific examination planning.
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-03
Required input
X-ray projection data acquired under supported patient, protocol, contrast, and dose conditions.
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-03
Output and human action
Cross-sectional CT images, reformats, measurements, attenuation maps, and planning datasets for professional review.
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-03
Limitations
Use only cleared populations, protocols, reconstructions, and applications; local dose, image-quality, geometry, and downstream-compatibility acceptance remains required.
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
K243617
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-08-31
Modality
CT/CTA
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-03
Anatomy
Multi-region
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-03
Clearance type
510(k)
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-08-31
Decision date
2025-05-16
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-08-31
FDA status
FDA-cleared
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-08-31

Implementation

Questions for IT, informatics, and operations

Use these fields to structure a vendor demo, security review, and implementation estimate.

Integration
Scanner-console and DICOM workflow to PACS, advanced visualization, and treatment-planning systems; validate worklist, protocol, dose record, geometry, series labels, and routing.
Public source Product family Checked 2026-09-03

Current vendor materials are product-family evidence for K243617; confirm the exact cleared version, enabled options, deployment, and local compatibility.

Deployment and data flow
Installed CT scanner hardware, console software, reconstruction options, and supported accessories.
Public source Product family Checked 2026-09-03

Current vendor materials are product-family evidence for K243617; confirm the exact cleared version, enabled options, deployment, and local compatibility.

Security and privacy
Vendor documentation pending
Vendor confirmation Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-03

Public materials reviewed for this exact release do not establish the complete security posture. Request data-flow, identity, audit, encryption, retention, remote-access, vulnerability-management, backup, and incident-response evidence.

Training and support
Only qualified ct technologists and trained interpreting or treating physicians should operate or interpret the product. 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, model, and algorithm 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 these product-specific limits: Use only cleared populations, protocols, reconstructions, and applications; local dose, image-quality, geometry, and downstream-compatibility acceptance remains required.
Public source Product family Checked 2026-09-03

Current vendor materials are product-family evidence for K243617; confirm the exact cleared version, enabled options, deployment, and local compatibility.

Release and scope verification

Map the installed model, build, options, population, anatomy, inputs, outputs, and enabled AI functions to K243617 before acceptance.

exact submission · checked 2026-09-03

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

Interoperability acceptance

Scanner-console and DICOM workflow to PACS, advanced visualization, and treatment-planning systems; validate worklist, protocol, dose record, geometry, series labels, and routing.

product family · checked 2026-09-03

Test representative identifiers, orientation, geometry, measurements, units, routing, failure handling, and round trips locally. Vendor statements are current product-family context; confirm the exact cleared release and installed options.

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. Use only cleared populations, protocols, reconstructions, and applications; local dose, image-quality, geometry, and downstream-compatibility acceptance remains required.

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

No exact-product price was found in the reviewed public material; vendor productivity claims are scenario inputs, not guaranteed local savings.

Lifecycle monitoring

Monitor by exact hardware, software, model, and algorithm 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 these product-specific limits: Use only cleared populations, protocols, reconstructions, and applications; local dose, image-quality, geometry, and downstream-compatibility acceptance remains required.

product family · checked 2026-09-03

Revalidate after material software, hardware, model, protocol, interface, or clinical-policy changes. Vendor statements are current product-family context; confirm the exact cleared release and installed options.

Evidence

Performance evidence

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

Evidence summary
K243617 reports CT system, reconstruction, dual-energy, dose, image-quality, and software verification and validation for the named configurations. Lung screening is limited to labeled programs and protocols; the FDA summary does not establish a standalone AI diagnostic-performance claim.
FDA 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 endpoint for this system, reconstruction, segmentation, guidance, or quantitative function. Use the task-specific evidence below.

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

Specificity is not the primary endpoint for this system, reconstruction, segmentation, guidance, or quantitative function. Use the task-specific evidence below.

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

K243617 FDA performance package for uCT ATLAS Astound with uWS-CT-Dual Energy Analysis; uCT ATLAS with uWS-CT-Dual Energy Analysis

Manufacturer CT-system, reconstruction, dual-energy, dose, image-quality, and software verification and validation · Adult and pediatric whole-body, head, cardiac, vascular, dual-energy, and labeled lung-screening workflows

exact submission · Tested version: uCT ATLAS Astound/uCT ATLAS with uWS-CT Dual Energy Analysis · Sponsor or vendor study

K243617

Manufacturer evidence submitted for FDA clearance or approval; 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, 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 product within the applicable imaging, procedural, 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 or approval.

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
1 exact-submission FDA recall record in the 2026-09-02 openFDA snapshot identify K243617. Affected model, version, unit, correction, and current manufacturer instructions still require local confirmation. FDA recall Z-0221-2026 is Open, Classified for Shanghai United Imaging Healthcare Co., Ltd. Computed Tomography X-ray System, Model:uCT ATLAS MD, Rx Only. FDA reason: Third-party outer covers can become trapped between patient table and gantry, causing mechanical interference during table movement. FDA action: On September 12, 2025, UIH Technologies LLC, issued a recall notification to affected consignees. UIH asked consignees to take the following actions: 1. Ensure patient positioning clearance: When positioning the patient, confirm that arms and legs and clear of all table gaps and moving parts. 2. Avoid use of third-party slickers: We advise against the use of any non-UIH-approved slickers. 3. Service Contact: For technical assistance, contact your United Imaging Service engineer or reach out to our 24/7 Customer Contact Center, Toll-Free: (855) 221-1552/Direct: (832) 699-2799 4.Report adverse events: if any adverse events or quality issue occur, please report them to the FDA via the MedWatch program. 5. Please share this information with all relevant personnel at your facility, including technologist, service staff, and clinical teams.
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-04

Each published event was manually matched to the exact FDA submission and affected product or version; a recall does not establish an AI-algorithm defect or current site exposure unless the event states that scope.

recall: Z-0221-2026

Open, Classified

2025-10-21

Exact native submission match in the checked openFDA snapshot. Published as a product, system, labeling, or postmarket issue; do not infer an AI-algorithm defect unless the FDA record says so. Confirm affected model, version, units, corrective action, and completion status locally.

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
25Fields reviewed
11Source classes checked
0Unreviewed PubMed leads
0Unreviewed trial leads
0Unreviewed FDA recall leads

Recovered from the prior exact-submission extraction and normalized under the current provenance rules. Exact FDA decision materials were reviewed for identity, indication, users, workflow, limitations, and submitted performance. Current vendor material is labeled product-family context where it does not establish the exact release. PubMed and ClinicalTrials.gov results are retained as candidate evidence with version applicability pending; CMS reimbursement context and exact-identifier openFDA postmarket results were also checked. Pricing, final security architecture, contracted services, enabled options, and local interoperability remain organization-specific evidence. 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. 1 FDA recall candidate was manually reviewed: 1 published and 0 rejected as a neighboring or otherwise inapplicable version. Native FDA recall identifiers produced 1 postmarket candidate record; 1 has been reviewed (1 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, fda decision material, vendor product page, peer reviewed literature, clinical trial registry, reimbursement policy, fda device recall, pubmed, clinical trials, openfda device recall

Sources

Source ledger

Sources accessed through 2026-09-04.

Alternatives

Related tools to compare

FDA-cleared K241079

uCT 780

Shanghai United Imaging Healthcare Co., Ltd.

uCT 780 produces whole-body cross-sectional CT images, including head, neck, cardiac, and vascular imaging, supports protocol-governed low-dose lung cancer screening and...

Modality
CT/CTA
Anatomy
Multi-region
Decision
2025-01-07
FDA-cleared K220961

Deep Learning Image Reconstruction

GE Healthcare Japan Corporation

TrueFidelity deep-learning CT reconstruction produces selectable-strength images for supported head, whole-body, cardiac, and vascular applications on the Discovery CT750 HD...

Modality
CT/CTA
Anatomy
Multi-region
Decision
2022-07-29
FDA-cleared K212441

Philips Incisive CT

Philips Healthcare (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.

Philips Incisive CT provides head, whole-body, cardiac, and vascular CT imaging for patients of all ages and can support qualified low-dose lung screening under labeled programs...

Modality
CT/CTA
Anatomy
Multi-region
Decision
2022-04-27
FDA-cleared K213999

Deep Learning Image Reconstruction

GE Medical Systems, LLC.

TrueFidelity deep-learning CT reconstruction supports head, whole-body, cardiac, and vascular imaging on specified Revolution CT configurations with release-specific speed and...

Modality
CT/CTA
Anatomy
Multi-region
Decision
2022-02-18