Image enhancement technology

Bone Suppression image enhancement

Bone Suppression image enhancement technology

Philips Bone Suppression image enhancement technology uses AI to suppress bones on digital adult erect chest X-ray images, creating both a conventional image and an unobstructed soft tissue image with a single exposure. Bone Suppression is fully integrated into the Eleva workflow.

Features

Confident interpretation

By providing a soft tissue image in addition to a conventional chest image, Bone Suppression provides decision-making support without the need for additional X-ray dose or time. With Bone Suppression, actionable lung nodule detection is improved up to 16.8%. [1]

Efficient workflow

Bone Suppression does not require an additional procedure, add to examination time or require additional equipment. Depending on the protocol, for each adult erect chest PA/AP image a bone-suppressed image can be automatically generated and sent to PACS in addition to the conventional image. Both the conventional and the bone-suppressed image can be accessed and reviewed at the PACS viewing station at any time.

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Documentation

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Footnotes

*ClearRead Bone Suppression by Riverain Technologies

[1] Freedman M et al. Improved detection of lung nodules with novel software that suppresses the rib and clavicle shadows on chest radiographs. Radiology. 2011.

[2] See 15 more patients/day, save 8 hrs. overtime/week, and avoid approx. 28 retakes/week (compared to the previous release of DigitalDiagnost and based on 100 patients per day. Actual results in other cases may vary)