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Last Updated:
9 March 2021
AXIR is a screening and triaging tool to help clinicians identify abnormalities on chest X-rays. It is also a prioritization tool for radiologists and teleradiologists. Currently, AXIR is an integrated software recommended for use with Radisen’s proprietary chest X-ray detector and viewer system.
Certification
CE-marked
Development Stage
On the market (recommended for use with Radisen’s chest X-ray detector and viewer)
Deployment
Offline only. Online service scheduled from June 2020
Intended Age Group
16+ years
Target Setting
Primary health centres, teleradiology companies, government/public sector, e.g. national tuberculosis (TB) programme
Current Market
Currently not on the market
Input
»» Can be used to read images from any kind of chest X-ray machine (vendor neutral), but it works best with Radisen’s chest X-ray system
»» Chest X-ray image format: DICOM
»» Chest X-ray type: posterior-anterior chest X-ray
»» Other requirements: none
Output
Structured report including:
»» Bounding boxes or heat map
»» Probability score for TB as well as dichotomous output indicating whether TB is likely present or likely absent. Default threshold probability score for TB if dichotomous: 0.5, but is adjustable.
Other non-TB abnormalities detected by the product for which a separate abnormality score is given include: nodule, mass, cavity, integration, exudation, pneumothorax and reticular opacity.
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Hardware
A Radisen’s proprietary box will be provided with the artificial intelligence software. The box needs to be connected to the X-ray detector and computer. A port to transfer DICOM images is also required.
Validation
X-ray machine validation is not needed
Hardware
A Radisen’s proprietary box will be provided with the artificial intelligence software. The box needs to be connected to the X-ray detector and computer. A port to transfer DICOM images is also required.
Server
Not applicable
Integration
It is possible to integrate the product with the client’s legacy picture archiving and communication system (PACS).
Software
Image viewer provided by Radisen
Processing Time
Less than 20 seconds
Data Sharing & Privacy
»» Data are not shared with the developer
»» There is an option to de-identify data
Price
»» AXIR is currently only used in combination with Radisen’s DR detector. The installation and setup of AXIR is then free of charge
»» In the future, AXIR may be offered as an online service for settings that are using another DR detector. In those instances, additional setup charges will be applicable
»» Please contact for quote: Ryan Lee at jhlee@radisentech.com
Software Updates
»» Quarterly software updates
»» Annual maintenance charge covers updates
Product Development Method
Supervised deep learning (CNN)
Training
The product was trained on 150 000 chest X-rays
Reference Standard
Human reader
Publications
Peer-reviewed publications are not yet available.
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