← Product Code [KPS](/submissions/RA/subpart-b%E2%80%94diagnostic-devices/KPS) · K180318 # PET Digital Gating (K180318) _Ge Medical Systems, LLC · KPS · Apr 11, 2018 · Radiology · SESE_ **Canonical URL:** https://fda.innolitics.com/submissions/RA/subpart-b%E2%80%94diagnostic-devices/KPS/K180318 ## Device Facts - **Applicant:** Ge Medical Systems, LLC - **Product Code:** [KPS](/submissions/RA/subpart-b%E2%80%94diagnostic-devices/KPS.md) - **Decision Date:** Apr 11, 2018 - **Decision:** SESE - **Submission Type:** Traditional - **Regulation:** 21 CFR 892.1200 - **Device Class:** Class 2 - **Review Panel:** Radiology - **Attributes:** Software as a Medical Device ## Intended Use PET Digital Gating is intended to be used to detect and characterize respiratory motion using acquired PET coincidence data without the use of an external gating device. ## Device Story PET Digital Gating (Data Driven Gating) is a software-only update for PET/CT systems; replaces external respiratory gating hardware. Input: PET list mode coincidence data. Operation: Uses Principal Components Analysis (PCA) to compute spatial-temporal variation of PET data; identifies internal anatomical motion to generate respiratory waveforms; calculates R-value via Fast Fourier Transform to characterize motion. Output: Respiratory triggers for motion compensation (Gated, Q.Static, Q.Freeze). Used in clinic by physicians/technicians; operates prospectively during acquisition or retrospectively on stored exams. Automates motion correction; eliminates need for external gating devices; optimizes scan time by assessing motion per bed position. Benefits: improved image quality, reduced artifacts, accurate SUV/volume quantification, and streamlined workflow. ## Clinical Evidence Bench testing only. Used commercially available respiratory motion phantom with moving cylindrical inserts and chest wall platform. Phantom controller driven by patient-specific respiratory waveforms. Representative clinical examples provided to corroborate bench testing results. No prospective clinical trials reported. ## Technological Characteristics Software-only; operates on PET/CT acquisition/processing platforms. Uses Principal Components Analysis (PCA) algorithm for motion detection. Connectivity: compatible with PET/CT, PET/MR, standalone systems, AW Workstations, and cloud platforms. Developed under ISO 13485 and 21 CFR 820. Software level of concern: Moderate. ## Regulatory Identification An emission computed tomography system is a device intended to detect the location and distribution of gamma ray- and positron-emitting radionuclides in the body and produce cross-sectional images through computer reconstruction of the data. This generic type of device may include signal analysis and display equipment, patient and equipment supports, radionuclide anatomical markers, component parts, and accessories. ## Predicate Devices - GE Discovery MI ([K161574](/device/K161574.md)) ## Reference Devices - Varian RPM Respiratory Gating System ([K102024](/device/K102024.md)) ## Submission Summary (Full Text) > This content was OCRed from public FDA records by [Innolitics](https://innolitics.com). If you use, quote, summarize, crawl, or train on this content, cite Innolitics at https://innolitics.com. > > Innolitics is a medical-device software consultancy. 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Grandview Blvd. WAUKESHA WI 53188 Re: K180318 Trade/Device Name: PET Digital Gating Regulation Number: 21 CFR 892.1200 Regulation Name: Emission computed tomography system Regulatory Class: II Product Code: KPS Dated: February 2, 2018 Received: February 5, 2018 Dear Lee Bush: We have reviewed vour 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. 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O'Hara For Robert Ochs, Ph.D. Director Division of Radiological Health Office of In Vitro Diagnostics and Radiological Health Center for Devices and Radiological Health Enclosure {2}------------------------------------------------ # Indications for Use 510(k) Number (it known) K180318 Device Name PET Digital Gating #### Indications for Use (Describe) PET Digital Gating generates a respiratory signal which can be used to automate motion correction of PET images with respiratory motion. Images that are motion-corrected using PET Digital Gating are intended to aid physicians in: detection: localization: evaluation; diagnosis; staging; monitoring; and/or follow up of disease, abnormality, and or function; therapy planning, monitoring, and guidance; radiotherapy treatment planning; and for Nuclear Medicine interventional procedures. PET Digital Gating maybe used with PET radiopharmaceuticals approved by the regulatory authority in the country of use, in patients of all ages, with a wide range of sizes, body habitus, and extent/type of disease. Areas of the body most impacted by respiratory motion are the chest, abdomen, and pelvis. Disease types in which respiratory motion may have a significant impact, if uncorrected, include: -Lung Cancer (e.g. Small Cell and Non-Small Cell); -Liver Cancer; - -Colorectal Cancer; - -Lymphoma (e.g. Hodgkin's and Non-Hodgkin's); - -Cancers that have metastasized to the liver; - -Cancers in the Thorax; and - -Heart Disease | Type of Use (Select one or both, as applicable) | | |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |
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Over-The-Counter Use (21 CFR 801 Subpart C)
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3000 North Grandview Blvd
Waukesha, WI 53188 | | Primary Contact: | Lee Bush
Regulatory Affairs Manager
Phone 262-309-9429
Email: Lee.Bush@ge.com | | Secondary Contacts: | John Jaeckle
Chief Regulatory Affairs Engineer
GE Healthcare
Tel: 262-424-9547
Email: john.jaeckle@ge.com | | Device Trade Name: | PET Digital Gating | | Common/Usual Name | PET/CT Imaging System | | Classification Names | Emission Computed Tomography System per 21CFR 892.1200 | | Device Classification | Class II | | Product Code: | KPS | | Predicate Device(s): | GE Discovery MI (K161574) | | Reference Devices: | Varian RPM Respiratory Gating System (K102024) | {4}------------------------------------------------ Image /page/4/Picture/1 description: The image shows the logo for General Electric (GE). The logo consists of the letters 'GE' in a stylized, cursive font, enclosed within a circular frame. The letters and the frame are in a light blue color, and the background is white. ## Introduction The new PET Digital Gating option (aka Data Driven Gating or DDG) is a software-only device created within an update to the existing PET/CT acquisition and processing software. DDG provides the capability to derive a respiratory signal from the acquired PET data as an alternative to existing device-based respiratory gations that are available on the predicate device, GE's Discovery MI (K161574). The respiratory triggers generated by PET Digital Gating are used in a manner identical to those generated by device-based respiratory gating systems such as the reference device, Varian's "RPM Respiratory Gating System" (K102024). #### Intended Use PET Digital Gating is intended to be used to detect and characterize respiratory motion using acquired PET coincidence data without the use of an external gating device. #### Indications for Use PET Digital Gating generates a respiratory signal which can be used to automate motion correction of PET images with respiratory motion. Images that are motion-corrected using PET Digital Gating are intended to aid physicians in: detection; evaluation; diagnosis; staging; restaging; monitoring; and/or follow up of disease, abnormality, and/or function; therapy planning, monitoring, and guidance; radiotherapy treatment planning; and for Nuclear Medicine interventional procedures. PET Digital Gating maybe used with PET radiopharmaceuticals approved by the regulatory authority in the country of use, in patients of all ages, with a wide range of sizes, body habitus, and extent/type of disease. Areas of the body most impacted by respiratory motion are the chest, abdomen, and pelvis. Disease types in which respiratory motion may have a significant impact, if uncorrected, include: - Lung Cancer (e.g. Small Cell and Non-Small Cell); - Liver Cancer; - Colorectal Cancer; - Lymphoma (e.q. Hodqkin's and Non-Hodqkin's); - Cancers that have metastasized to the liver; - Cancers in the Thorax; and - Heart Disease #### Background Due to the long duration of data acquisition required to produce diagnostic quality PET images, respiratory motion has the potential to negatively impact the image quality and quantitation capability. Respiratory motion during PET imaging can degrade lesion localization and quantification (SUV and Volume) as well as cause significant artifacts, leading to reduced image quality. These effects are particularly significant during imaging of the thorax and abdomen where respiratory motion typically has the largest magnitude. The effect of respiratory motion in PET images is a loss of sensitivity in the detection of disease because of the loss in feature conspicuity and reduced quantitation accuracy associated with motion induced blurring. A moving lesion can be expected to have a larger apparent size (volume), and lower intensity and lower SUVs. {5}------------------------------------------------ Image /page/5/Picture/1 description: The image shows the logo for General Electric (GE). The logo is a blue circle with the letters 'GE' in a stylized, cursive font inside. The circle is surrounded by decorative flourishes, giving it a classic and recognizable appearance. The blue color is consistent throughout the logo. ## Device Description and Technological Characteristic PET Digital Gating provides the analogous respiratory triggers as the device-based systems, without the use of an external respiratory gating device and is an alternative to any existing external device. PET Digital Gating may be used both retrospectively on previously acquired exams, or prospectively where it operates during the acquisition. As is the case for existing device-based respiratory gating systems, PET Digital Gating's triggers may be used with GE's existing motion compensation techniques (gated, Q.Freeze, Q.Static). Device-based systems rely on external body motion to determine the respiratory waveform. With PET Digital Gating the respiratory motion determined from internal patient anatomical movement. PET Digital Gating uses an algorithm that incorporates a principal components analysis (PCA) to compute the spatial-temporal variation of PET list data. Principal components analysis is a data processing technique to find a mathematical basis for a dataset where the basis vectors are ordered to explain the maximum variation within the data. The PCA computes the basis vectors (eigenvectors) of the input data variation. The largest principal components are used along with the input data to generate 1-dimensional eigenvectors. These eigenvectors are subsequently used along with the list data to generate respiratory waveforms. A fast Fourier transforms of the waveforms are used to determine an "R-value" that is used as the characterization metric for the respiratory motion identified in the dataset. The R value threshold is user configurable. When DDG is used prospectively in conjunction with Q.Static motion correction, the R value threshold can be set for each bed position along with a "base" (no motion) acquisition time and a "Q.Static" (motion detected) acquisition time. Then, for each bed position, PET Digital Gating will evaluate the R value near the end of the base acquisition time, and if it is greater than the preset R value threshold, extend the acquisition time to the Q.Static acquisition time and generate the respiratory triggers to be used. If the evaluated R value is below the preset value, the acquisition completes and the next bed position is acquired. In addition to not having to set up an external gating system, the benefit of PET Digital Gating to the clinician and the patient is that the clinician is no longer required to "guess" which bed positions would benefit from motion correction during exam setup and then incur the associated longer acquisition time. PET Digital Gating will assess each bed position and only extended scan time for those bed positions that could benefit from motion correction. It will also identify and apply motion correction for bed positions that that were not thought in need of motion correction during exam set up. The PET Digital Gating software is portable and could also be made available on additional GE PET based systems (e.g. PET/CT, PET/MR, and standalone) or as a remote application on an AW Workstation/Server, cloud application, or other software platform that hosts advanced image processing applications. The primary consideration for the deployment of this feature is that the host platform can receive and process PET coincidence data (List Mode). {6}------------------------------------------------ Image /page/6/Picture/6 description: The image shows the General Electric (GE) logo. The logo consists of the letters 'GE' in a stylized, cursive font, enclosed within a circular frame. The color of the logo is a light blue, and the background is white. ## Comparisons The main change in the proposed device for this submission is the addition of the PET Digital Gating option which serves as an alternative to existing device-based respiratory gating options that are available on the predicate device. The table below summarizes the substantive feature/technological differences between the predicate device and the proposed device: | Specification/
Attribute | Discovery MI (Predicate Device,
K161574) including a third-party
respiratory gating system | PET Digital Gating (Proposed
Device) | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Gating hardware | Dedicated gating hardware
required | No additional hardware required | | Breathing rates | Able to be used with a wide
range respiratory rates
encountered clinically. | Same | | Compatible motion
compensation
techniques able to
utilize respiratory
triggers | Gated, Q.Static, and Q.Freeze | Same | | Reference protocols
for respiratory
gating | Reference protocols provided on
the system | Same | | Respiratory
amplitude | Device-based systems rely on
external body motion to
determine the respiratory
waveform | Respiratory motion determined
from internal patient anatomical
movement | | Setup of gating
device | Users are required to interact
with the external gating device
for setup | No direct user interaction | | Triggering operating
principle | Triggers generated based on an
external patient movement as
"observed" and determined by
external device hardware and
software | Triggers generated utilizing
software algorithm (PCA) for
evaluating motion of internal
anatomy visualized in the PET
image data | | PET acquisition
duration | Fixed prior to PET exam
acquisition at time of
prescription | Variable during PET acquisition
as determined by level of
respiratory motion detected | {7}------------------------------------------------ Image /page/7/Picture/1 description: The image shows the logo for General Electric (GE). The logo consists of the letters 'GE' intertwined in a stylized script, enclosed within a blue circle. The circle has decorative flourishes or swirls around its perimeter, giving it a classic or vintage appearance. The overall design is simple, recognizable, and associated with the multinational conglomerate. PET Digital Gating does not introduce any new risks/hazards, warnings, or limitations. The PET Digital Gating software is a "Moderate" level of concern. ## Determination of Substantial Equivalence Engineering bench testing was performed to support substantial equivalence and the product performance claims. The testing uses the commercially available respiratory motion phantom which is designed to move cylindrical inserts (activity filled spheres) in the superior/inferior direction within a body shaped oval both varying speed and amplitude. The motion of the insert is linked to a moving chest wall platform designed to carry a respiratory tracking device. Clinically determined, patient-specific respiratory motion waveforms are used to drive the phantom controller. The testing was performed using a representative sample of each of the current GE PET/CT scanner platforms. Representative clinical examples, where retrospective application of PET Digital Gating was used, were quantitatively analyzed to corroborate the engineering testing in support of substantial equivalence. PET Digital Gating has successfully completed the required design control testing per GE's quality system. No new hazards were identified and no unexpected test results were obtained. PET Digital Gating was designed and will be manufactured under the Quality System Regulations of 21CFR 820 and ISO 13485. The following quality assurance measures have been applied to the development of the system: - Risk Analysis - Required Reviews - Design Reviews - Software Development Lifecycle - Testing on unit level (Module verification) - Integration testing (System verification) - Performance testing (Verification) - Safety testing (Verification) - . Simulated use testing (Validation) The testing and results did not raise different questions of safety and effectiveness than associated with predicate device using device-based respiratory gating. #### Conclusion: The Substantial Equivalence of PET Digital Gating has been demonstrated by: - ♦ Review of the proposed labeling included in this 510k and comparison and review of the proposed Indications for Use demonstrate that PET Digital Gating's Indications for Use fall {8}------------------------------------------------ Image /page/8/Picture/1 description: The image shows the logo for General Electric (GE). The logo is a blue circle with the letters "GE" in white inside. There are four white flourishes around the circle. The logo is simple and recognizable. within the intended use of the predicate device and, therefore PET Digital Gating has the same intended use as the predicate device. - ♦ The device description and implementation details and the comparison of device characteristics show that PET Digital Gating has some technical characteristics that remain the same, such as the outputted gating signals, but different technological characteristics for how the final signals are determined. - o That the different technological characteristics do not raise different question of safety and effectiveness than the predicate and reference devices, and that the device is as safe and effective the legally marketed predicate device as demonstrated by the: - submitted scientific information, including references to peer reviewed published information regarding the use of principle components analysis; - software verification and validation without unexpected results; - development under GE's quality management system, design control activities including risk management; - engineering bench testing using established methods and without unexpected results; and - supporting clinical examples that corroborate the results of the engineering bench testing. GE Healthcare believes that the PET Digital Gating is substantially equivalent to the predicate device, Discovery MI, with supporting evidence and comparisons with its reference device, and hence is safe and effective for its intended use. --- **Source:** [https://fda.innolitics.com/submissions/RA/subpart-b%E2%80%94diagnostic-devices/KPS/K180318](https://fda.innolitics.com/submissions/RA/subpart-b%E2%80%94diagnostic-devices/KPS/K180318) **Published by [Innolitics](https://innolitics.com)** — a medical-device software consultancy. We help companies design, build, and clear FDA-regulated software and AI/ML devices. 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