Radiology has adopted seven mainstream modalities over its 127 years, and 4DMedical is determined to create the eighth imaging modality with its new XV Scanner.
The XV Scanner would be the first dedicated lung imaging system, giving radiologists four-dimensional and color-coded visibility into patients’ lung airflow and blood flow, and potentially a new way to assess lung diseases.
- The XV Scanner integrates fluoroscopy with advanced analytics software, producing qualitative and quantitative 4D lung function metrics
- It simultaneously acquires images from different angles, then measures lung tissue motion, and calculates ventilation at each breathing stage and every lung location
- XV scans take 5 seconds to perform and deliver less radiation than a typical chest X-ray
4DMedical’s XV technology is also backed by a growing number of positive clinical studies, solid post-IPO funding, and an impressive expansion across Australian imaging giant I-Med Radiology’s 250 locations.
Although the XV Scanner hardware is still forthcoming, 4DMedical will initially launch XV software that can be installed on existing fluoroscopy systems (FDA cleared for ventilation, later adding perfusion) and will also support existing CTs in the future.
- Software-only might prove to be a logical starting point, providing 4DMedical with a low-friction way to demonstrate XV’s impact on patient care and test whether this impact is great enough to entice imaging departments to add a whole new scanner to their fleets.
The Takeaway
Creating medical imaging’s eighth mainstream modality might be among the most ambitious goals you’ll hear at RSNA 2022, but if the XV Scanner proves to be much better than existing lung imaging techniques, radiology might have to make room for one more.
