EchoPAC Software Only, EchoPAC Plug-in
Device Facts
| Record ID | K220940 |
|---|---|
| Device Name | EchoPAC Software Only, EchoPAC Plug-in |
| Applicant | GE Medical Systems Ultrasound and Primary Care Diagnostics |
| Product Code | QIH · Radiology |
| Decision Date | Jul 22, 2022 |
| Decision | SESE |
| Submission Type | Traditional |
| Regulation | 21 CFR 892.2050 |
| Device Class | Class 2 |
| Attributes | AI/ML, Software as a Medical Device, Pediatric |
AI Performance
| Output | Algorithm | Acceptance | Observed | Dev DS | Dev Readers | Test DS | Test Readers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Left Ventricle Ejection Fraction | AI Auto ROI algorithm | — | Average dice score 92% or higher (across countries), 91% or higher (across scanning views), 92% or higher (across left ventricle volumes) | — | — | 135 images extracted from 45 exams | >1 (cardiologists) + >1 (expert readers) |
| Left Ventricle Area Fraction | AI Auto ROI algorithm | — | Average dice score 92% or higher (across countries), 91% or higher (across scanning views), 92% or higher (across left ventricle volumes) | — | — | 135 images extracted from 45 exams | >1 (cardiologists) + >1 (expert readers) |
Indications for Use
EchoPAC Software Only / EchoPAC Plug-in is intended for diagnostic review and analysis of ultrasound images, patient record management and reporting, for use by, or on the order of a licensed physician. EchoPAC Software Only / EchoPAC Plug-in allows post-processing of raw data images from GE ultrasound scanners and DICOM ultrasound images. Ultrasound images are acquired via B (2D), M, Color M modes, Color, Power, Pulsed and CW Doppler modes, Coded Pulse, Harmonic, 3D, and Real time (RT) 3D Mode (4D). Clinical applications include: Fetal/Obstetrics; Abdominal (including renal and GYN); Urology (including prostate); Pediatric; Small organs (breast, testes, thyroid); Neonatal and Adult Cephalic; Cardiac (adult and pediatric); Peripheral Vascular; Transesophageal (TEE); Musculo-skeletal Conventional; Musculo-skeletal Superficial; Transrectal (TR); Transvaginal (TV); Intraoperative (vascular); Intra-Cardiac; Thoracic/Pleural and Intra-Luminal.
Device Story
Software-only workstation application for ultrasound image post-processing, analysis, and reporting. Inputs: raw data from GE ultrasound scanners and DICOM images from other systems. Operation: installed on customer PC or hosted via PACS workstation. Features: image processing, annotation, measurement, report generation, and communication. Includes AI-based automated ROI algorithms (Easy AutoEF, Easy AFI LV) for cardiac analysis. Used by physicians or on their order in clinical settings. Output: processed images, measurements, and clinical reports. Benefits: facilitates diagnostic review, workflow efficiency, and standardized cardiac quantification.
Clinical Evidence
No clinical studies required. Bench testing only. AI algorithm performance (Easy AutoEF and Easy AFI LV) validated using 135 images from 45 exams. Ground truth established by consensus of two certified cardiologists with expert panel review for disagreements. Performance metrics: Dice score ≥92% across different countries, ≥91% across scanning views, and ≥92% across LV volumes. Testing data independent from training data via site separation.
Technological Characteristics
Software-only medical image management and processing system. DICOM compliant. Connectivity via LAN. Standards: ISO 14971 (risk management), NEMA PS 3.1-3.20 (DICOM), IEC 62304 (software lifecycle), IEC 62366-1 (usability). Features AI-based automated ROI algorithms for cardiac analysis.
Indications for Use
Indicated for diagnostic review, analysis, and reporting of ultrasound images in adult and pediatric patients across various clinical applications including fetal/obstetrics, abdominal, urology, pediatric, small organs, neonatal, vascular, cardiac, and musculoskeletal.
Regulatory Classification
Identification
A medical image management and processing system is a device that provides one or more capabilities relating to the review and digital processing of medical images for the purposes of interpretation by a trained practitioner of disease detection, diagnosis, or patient management. The software components may provide advanced or complex image processing functions for image manipulation, enhancement, or quantification that are intended for use in the interpretation and analysis of medical images. Advanced image manipulation functions may include image segmentation, multimodality image registration, or 3D visualization. Complex quantitative functions may include semi-automated measurements or time-series measurements.
Special Controls
*Classification.* Class II (special controls; voluntary standards—Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) Std., Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) Std., Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) Test Pattern).
Predicate Devices
- EchoPAC Software Only / EchoPAC Plug-in (K200852)
Reference Devices
Submission Summary (Full Text)
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GE Medical Systems Ultrasound and Primary Care Diagnostics, LLC % Lee Bush Regulatory Affairs Director 9900 W. Innovation Drive WAUWATOSA WI 53226
### Re: K220940
July 22, 2022
Trade/Device Name: EchoPAC Software Only/ EchoPAC Plug-in Regulation Number: 21 CFR 892.2050 Regulation Name: Medical image management and processing system Regulatory Class: Class II Product Code: QIH, LLZ Dated: June 30, 2022 Received: July 1, 2022
Dear Lee Bush:
We have reviewed your Section 510(k) premarket notification of intent to market the device referenced above and have determined the device is substantially equivalent (for the indications for use stated in the enclosure) to legally marketed predicate devices marketed in interstate commerce prior to May 28, 1976, the enactment date of the Medical Device Amendments, or to devices that have been reclassified in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (Act) that do not require approval of a premarket approval application (PMA). You may, therefore, market the device, subject to the general controls provisions of the Act. Although this letter refers to your product as a device, please be aware that some cleared products may instead be combination products. The 510(k) Premarket Notification Database located at https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfpmn/pmn.cfm identifies combination product submissions. The general controls provisions of the Act include requirements for annual registration, listing of devices, good manufacturing practice, labeling, and prohibitions against misbranding and adulteration. Please note: CDRH does not evaluate information related to contract liability warranties. We remind you, however, that device labeling must be truthful and not misleading.
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Sincerely,
Jessica Lamb, Ph.D. Assistant Director Imaging Software Team DHT8B: Division of Imaging Devices and Electronic Products OHT8: Office of Radiological Health Office of Product Evaluation and Quality Center for Devices and Radiological Health
Enclosure
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## Indications for Use
510(k) Number (if known)
Device Name
EchoPAC Software Only / EchoPAC Plug-in
#### Indications for Use (Describe)
EchoPAC Software Only / EchoPAC Plug-in is intended for diagnostic review and analysis of ultrasound images, patient record management and reporting, for use by, or on the order of a licensed physician. EchoPAC Software Only / EchoPAC Plug-in allows post-processing of raw data images from GE ultrasound scanners and DICOM ultrasound images.
Ultrasound images are acquired via B (2D), M, Color M modes, Color, Power, Pulsed and CW Doppler modes, Coded Pulse, Harmonic,3D, and Real time (RT) 3D Mode (4D).
Clinical applications include: Fetal/Obstetrics; Abdominal (including renal and GYN); Urology (including prostate); Pediatric; Small organs (breast, testes, thyroid); Neonatal and Adult and pediatric); Peripheral Vascular; Transesophageal (TEE); Musculo-skeletal Conventional; Musculo-skeletal Superficial; Transrectal (TR); Transvaginal (TV): Intraoperative ( vascular); Intra-Cardiac; Thoracic/Pleural and Intra-Luminal.
| Type of Use (Select one or both, as applicable) | |
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| <span style="font-size:10pt"> <span style="font-family:Wingdings">☑</span> Prescription Use (Part 21 CFR 801 Subpart D) </span> | <span style="font-size:10pt"> <span style="font-family:Wingdings">☐</span> Over-The-Counter Use (21 CFR 801 Subpart C) </span> |
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GE Healthcare 510(k) Premarket Notification Submission
## 510(k) Summary
In accordance with 21 CFR 807.92 the following summary of information is provided:
| Date: | July 21, 2022 |
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| Submitter: | GE Medical Systems Ultrasound and Primary Care Diagnostics<br>9900 Innovation Drive<br>Wauwatosa, WI 53226 |
| Primary Contact Person: | Lee Bush<br>Regulatory Affairs Director GE<br>Healthcare<br>T:(262)309-9429 |
| Secondary Contact Person: | Charlotte Jørgensen<br>Sr. Regulatory Affairs Leader GE<br>Healthcare |
| Device Trade Name: | EchoPAC Software Only / EchoPAC Plug-in |
| Common/Usual Name: | Workstation Software for ultrasound image review,<br>analysis and reporting |
| Classification Names: | Class II |
| Product Code(s):<br>(Primary) | Automated Radiological Image Processing Software, 21 CFR<br>892.2050, QIH |
| Product Code(s):<br>(Secondary) | Picture Archiving and Communications System, 21 CFR 892.2050, LL |
| Predicate Device:<br>Classification Names:<br>Product Code(s): | EchoPAC Software Only / EchoPAC Plug-in (K200852), Workstation<br>Software for ultrasound image review, analysis and reporting<br>Class II<br>Picture Archiving and Communications System, 21 CFR 892.2050, LL |
| Reference Device:<br>Classification Names:<br>Product Code(s): | LOGIQ E10 (K211488), Diagnostic Ultrasound System<br>Class II<br>Ultrasonic Pulsed Doppler Imaging System, 21CFR 892.1550, 90-IYN<br>Ultrasonic Pulsed Echo Imaging System, 21CFR 892.1560, 90-IYO<br>Diagnostic Ultrasound Transducer, 21 CFR 892.1570, 90-ITX |
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# GE Healthcare
510(k) Premarket Notification Submission
| Reference Device: | Vivid E95 (K202658), Diagnostic Ultrasound System |
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| Classification Names: | Class II |
| Product Code(s): | Ultrasonic Pulsed Doppler Imaging System, 21CFR 892.1550, 90-IYN<br>Ultrasonic Pulsed Echo Imaging System, 21CFR 892.1560, 90-IYO<br>Diagnostic Ultrasound Transducer, 21 CFR 892.1570, 90-ITX |
| Reference Device: | Venue (K202132), Diagnostic Ultrasound System |
| Classification Names: | Class II |
| Product Code(s): | Ultrasonic Pulsed Doppler Imaging System, 21CFR 892.1550, 90-IYN<br>Ultrasonic Pulsed Echo Imaging System, 21CFR 892.1560, 90-IYO<br>Diagnostic Ultrasound Transducer, 21 CFR 892.1570, 90-ITX |
### Device Description:
EchoPAC Software Only / EchoPAC Plug-in provides image processing, annotation, analysis, measurement, report generation, communication, storage and retrieval functionality to ultrasound images that are acquired via the GE Healthcare Vivid family of ultrasound systems, as well as DICOM images from other ultrasound systems. EchoPAC Software Only will be offered as SW only to be installed directly on customer PC hardware and EchoPAC Plug-in is intended to be hosted by a generalized PACS host workstation. EchoPAC Software Only / EchoPAC Plug-in is DICOM compliant, transferring images and data via LAN between systems, hard copy devices, file servers and other workstations.
### Intended Use/Indication for Use:
EchoPAC Software Only / EchoPAC Plug-in is intended for diagnostic review and analysis of ultrasound images, patient record management and reporting, for use by, or on the order of a licensed physician. EchoPAC Software Only / EchoPAC Plug-in allows post-processing of raw data images from GE ultrasound scanners and DICOM ultrasound images.
Ultrasound images are acquired via B (2D), M, Color M modes, Color, Power, Pulsed and CW Doppler modes, Coded Pulse, Harmonic, 3D, and Real time (RT) 3D Mode (4D).
Clinical applications include: Fetal/Obstetrics; Abdominal (including renal and GYN); Urology (including prostate); Pediatric; Small organs (breast, testes, thyroid); Neonatal and Adult Cephalic; Cardiac (adult and pediatric); Peripheral Vascular; Transesophageal (TEE); Musculo-skeletal Conventional; Musculo-skeletal Superficial; Transrectal (TR); Transvaginal (TV); Intraoperative (vascular); Intra-Cardiac; Thoracic/Pleural and Intra-Luminal.
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GE Healthcare 510(k) Premarket Notification Submission
Technology:
The EchoPAC Software Only / EchoPAC Plug-in employs the same fundamental scientific technology as its predicate device.
Determination of Substantial Equivalence:
The proposed EchoPAC Software Only / EchoPAC Plug-in is substantially equivalent to the predicate EchoPAC Software Only / EchoPAC Plug-in and reference devices with regards to intended use, indications for use, imaging capabilities, technological characteristics and safety effectiveness.
The following is an overview of the differences between the proposed EchoPAC Software Only / EchoPAC Plug-in and its predicate device.
Indications for use:
- Added Thoracic/Pleural application, cleared in reference Venue (K202132) ●
Software:
- Added CT Fusion, cleared in reference Vivid E95 (K202658) ●
- Added workflow enhancements tools: Dual Crop, Pre-Post Compare and ● SR Interpreter
- . Updates made to: Flexi-Slice, Launchpad, DICOM Spooler, 4D Auto LVQ and 4D Auto TVQ
- Added Easy AutoEF -based on AutoEF 3.0 (includes AI Auto ROI algorithm)
- Added Easy AFI LV -based on AFI 3.0 (includes AI Auto ROI algorithm) ●
- Added Spline Tool -area measurement method ●
- Added Strain Elastography feature, cleared in LOGIO E10 (K211488)
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GE Healthcare
510(k) Premarket Notification Submission
Summary of Non-Clinical Tests:
The EchoPAC Software Only / EchoPAC Plug-in complies with voluntary standards:
- ISO 14971, Application of risk management to medical devices, 2019 ●
- NEMA PS 3.1 3.20. Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine . (DICOM) Set. (Radiology), 2016
- IEC 62304:2006 A1 2015 - Medical device software - Software life cycle process
- IEC 62366-1: 2015 Medical Device-Part 1: Application of Usability ●
The following quality assurance measures are applied to the development of the system:
- Risk Analysis .
- Requirements Reviews
- Design Reviews
- Testing on unit level (Module verification) ●
- Integration testing (System verification)
- Performance testing (Verification) ●
- . Safety testing (Verification)
## AI Summary of Testing: Easy Auto EF and Easy AFI LV
Summary test statistics or other test results including acceptance criteria or other information supporting the appropriateness of the characterized performance
- The accuracy of the AI algorithm (average dice score) as tested on datasets from different ● countries, is 92% or higher; as tested on datasets from different scanning views, is 91% or higher; as tested on dataset from different left ventricle volumes, is 92% or higher.
- The number of individual patients' images were collected from: . 45 exams from assumed 45 patients (exact number of patients unknown due to anonymization of dataset).
- The number of samples, if different from above, and the relationship between the two: ● 135 images extracted from the 45 exams
Demographic distribution including:
- Gender: Unknown, due to data anonymization during data collection
- Age: Adult, specific age unknown ●
- Ethnicity/Country: Europe, Asia, US
Information about clinical subgroups and confounders present in the dataset:
- During testing of the AI algorithm, we have included images from different countries, ● from different scanning views, and a range of different LV Volumes
Information about equipment and protocols used to collect images:
- Mix of data from across 5 different probes and 4 different Console variants. The data collection protocol was standardized across all data collection sites.
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GE Healthcare 510(k) Premarket Notification Submission
Information about how the reference standard was derived from the dataset (i.e., the "truthing" process)
- . For all datasets, two certified cardiologists performed manual delineation, then reviewed the annotations for each other. A consensus reading was first done whereby the two cardiologists discussed if they agreed on or not. A panel of experienced experts further reviewed annotations that the two cardiologists could not agree on.
- Hence, the ground truth used are the annotations that the two cardiologists agreed with ● Each other, and the consensus annotations achieved in the review meeting by a panel of experienced experts.
Description of how independence of test data from training data was ensured.
- To ensure that the testing dataset is not mixed with the training data, we used datasets from different clinical sites for testing as compared to the clinical sites for training.
Summary of Clinical Tests:
The subject of this premarket submission, EchoPAC Software Only / EchoPAC Plug-in, did not require clinical studies to support substantial equivalence.
### Conclusion:
GE Healthcare considers the EchoPAC Software Only / EchoPAC Plug-in to be as safe, as effective, and performance is substantially equivalent to the predicate and reference devices.
