Siemens Healthcare Artis zee

High quality cardiac images at low dose

Artis zee™ systems benefit from dose saving measures with CARE (Combined Applications to Reduce Exposure) and excellent image quality through CLEAR. CLEAR provides the entire range of real-time post processing tools needed to optimise the contrast and sharpness of images without increasing dose, offering a comprehensive range of applications to enhance image quality and increase certainty during interventions.

CT-like slice images - syngo DynaCT Cardiac

Together with the application syngo® DynaCT, the Artis zee enables hospitals to improve clinical workflow and efficiencies. DynaCT delivers CT-like slice images that can be reconstructed into 3D to enable real-time precision during procedures. This can remove the need for post-operative CT scans thus providing greater clinical confidence and the potential to reduce patient stays in hospital. Up until the introduction of syngo DynaCT Cardiac, planning of procedures like atrial fibrillation ablations was based on CT or MR images acquired pre-examination. Diagnostic and therapeutic capabilities are now enhanced as it is possible to visualise cardiac structures like the aortic root, the left atrium or pulmonary veins in 3D.

Rapid examinations - syngo InSpace EP

syngo InSpace EP optimises EP workflow by integrating pre-procedural cardiac CT/MR images or intra-procedural syngo DynaCT Cardiac images into radiographers’ daily routine. While performing ablations, syngo InSpace EP improves and speeds up examinations and provides images for planning, therapy and follow-up of AFib ablation procedures.

Guided intervention - syngo iPilot Card

syngo iPilot improves orientation and facilitates catheter guidance during complex interventions like valve implantations or ablation procedures. Live fluoroscopy can be overlaid with 3D reconstructions based on CT, MR or syngo DynaCT images. Due to the seamless integration with Artis zee, syngo iPilot can be used from the tableside in the sterile environment thus allowing an efficient workflow. Advanced algorithms provide an automised registration of the 2D/3D data sets and it is possible to fade in and out the 3D volume on live fluoroscopy or visualise the overlay on the syngo workplace.

Fast, precise diagnosis and recording - AXIOM Sensis XP and AXIOM Sensis XP Lite

AXIOM Sensis XP and AXIOM Sensis XP Lite is a sophisticated recording and information system for hemodynamic, electrophysiology or combo lab requirements. The system is fully integrated with the Artis zee system family and can be adapted to virtually all needs of the cardiology department. Customised workflow support programs guide users through procedures for ease of use. Advanced measurement functions enable fast and precise diagnosis in interventional cardiology as well as electrophysiology. AXIOM Sensis XP is the first completely integrated recording system to combine both electrophysiology and hemodynamics in one unit. Furthermore, up to 64 intracardiac channels via 128 ICEG electrode inputs provide ample power to support even highly advanced EP procedures such as pulmonary vein ablations.

Large Display

With a full-colour 56” medical-grade screen, it is possible to view multiple inputs simultaneously. The Artis zee Large Display provides a ‘whole picture’ directly at the tableside, to change the layout according to workflow steps. The outstanding resolution - four times that of standard high definition - clearly demonstrates the finest of details and in combination with over 200 layout combinations, 21 video source inputs and direct control at tableside, simultaneously enhances both imaging results and workflow within the interventional suite.

Bristol Heart Institute - Hybrid theatre enables advanced procedures and patient focused treatment

A ‘hybrid theatre’ featuring Artis zee™ ceiling mounted interventional system from Siemens Healthcare with large detector and operating table opened at the Bristol Heart Institute (BHI). It was part of a £60million build and technology investment to position the facility as a central location for all heart services at Bristol Royal Infirmary, part of University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust.

The hybrid theatre means shorter waiting times, reduced hospital stays, fewer operations and less distress for patients. Cardiac radiologists, vascular surgeons, cardiac surgeons and interventional cardiologists will be able to carry out different procedures on one patient in the same room. Procedures to be carried out include mitral valvuloplasty, Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD) closures, percutaneous aortic and pulmonary valve replacement.

“We can use the room for a range of different procedures which gives us a great deal of flexibility,” said Dr. Andreas Baumbach, Consultant Cardiologist at BHI.

National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit - Siemens assists earlier diagnosis of cardiovascular conditions at new research unit

The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit (BRU) at Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust is a joint initiative with Imperial College London. It features an Artis zee™ system and MAGNETOM® Skyra 3Tesla MRI from Siemens Healthcare.

The Cardiovascular BRU will research new treatments for the heart using genes, stem cells, tissue engineering and devices. A significant part of the research will be the establishment of cardiovascular genetics working with advanced cardiac imaging. The unit intends to use Siemens imaging technologies to diagnose patients more accurately and monitor changes occurring in the heart.

In an interconnected room, a ceiling mounted Artis zee system will give real-time interventional imaging for cardiology procedures. Using the Skyra MRI detachable table, patients can be moved between rooms for in-depth procedures to aid treatment and recovery times.

Professor Dudley Pennell, Director of the Cardiovascular BRU, Professor of Cardiology at the National Heart and Lung Institute at Imperial College London and Consultant at Royal Brompton Hospital said, “It has been a privilege leading the development of the cardiovascular BRU at the Trust. Through the NIHR, we have created state-of-the-art facilities to advance our research into many life-threatening and debilitating conditions. We hope to use this work to provide better treatment options and create a better understanding of heart disease. This will offer patients a much better quality of life.”

Current Installations that act as show /display sites

“The hybrid cath lab enables us to carry out combined procedures, for example surgery and image-guided intervention at the same time. Furthermore, we can use the room for a range of different procedures which gives us a great deal of flexibility. The Artis zee is state-of-the-art. The image quality is superb and as the system can be quickly moved away when not required, it is the ideal solution for what we are trying to achieve.”

Dr. Andreas Baumbach,
Consultant Cardiologist at BHI
Bristol Heart Institute
Bristol Royal Infirmary
University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust

“It has been a privilege leading the development of the cardiovascular BRU at the Trust. Through the NIHR, we have created state-of-the-art facilities to advance our research into many life-threatening and debilitating conditions. We hope to use this work to provide better treatment options and create a better understanding of heart disease. This will offer patients a much better quality of life.”

Professor Dudley Pennell
Director of the Cardiovascular BRU
Professor of Cardiology at the National Heart and Lung Institute at Imperial College London Consultant at Royal Brompton Hospital, Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust