Philips Launches NeuroSuite Imaging System in Europe

June 23, 2014—Royal Philips Electronics announced the introduction of the NeuroSuite interventional x-ray system, an integrated solution designed to support and enhance minimally invasive image-guided neurological interventions. The Philips NeuroSuite is being officially launched at the LINNC: Live Interventional Neuroradiology & Neurosurgery Course in Paris, France on June 23–25, 2014. NeuroSuite is currently not available in the United States.

Philips stated that the NeuroSuite system extends treatment options by supporting more effective device guidance and placement in live image-guided neuroradiology procedures. According to the company, new interventional neurology devices (eg, stents and flow diverters) offer new treatments for ischemic stroke or large-neck aneurysm, but their increasingly smaller designs make the devices more difficult to see with x-ray imaging.

The Philips NeuroSuite addresses this challenge with a biplane interventional x-ray system that combines two new detectors. Philips’ frontal FD20 detector delivers live 2D and 3D imaging to provide live navigation and immediate therapy feedback. The smaller, lateral FD15 detector can be positioned beyond the shoulders and very close to the head. This shorter distance and combination of detectors provides sharp, full-brain imaging at a lower x-ray dose and 3D imaging optimized for neurovascular and spine interventions.

The NeuroSuite system incorporates Philips’ AlluraClarity, lowering radiation dose by as much as 73% without compromising image quality, and VasoCT, which visualizes intracranial devices in vessel context and vessel morphology down to perforator vessels.

Philips noted that the first NeuroSuite system was recently installed at Karolinska University Hospital in Stockholm, Sweden. Michael Soderman, MD, Associate Professor and Chief of Neuroangiography and Stereotaxy in the Department of Neuroradiology at Karolinska University Hospital, commented in the company’s press release, “In interventional neuroradiology, the performance of the angiographic system is crucial to patient safety. Philips’ latest innovation is NeuroSuite with a new 20-inch detector on the frontal plane, providing superb three-dimensional images and big enough for spine imaging. On the lateral plane, the new 15-inch detector brings visualization of the complete cerebral vasculature, with reduced collision risks and enhanced projection freedom.”

Professor Jacques Moret, MD, of the faculty of medicine of Bichat-Beaujon at the University of Paris, France, added, “Over the last years a lot of progress was made on high resolution device visualization. The next step in our collaboration with Philips is the NeuroSuite, bringing enhanced vessel and device visualization and full head coverage. The new detector combination could be especially useful for stroke treatment.”