Next Generation Image-Guided-Therapy Platform Launched

An innovative new next-generation Image-Guided Therapy (IGT) platform intended to enhance patient care and optimize laboratory productivity has been launched.

The platform was the fruit of a collaborative development between several hospitals around the world, and an international healthcare equipment manufacturer.

The Royal Philips Azurion integrates a number of advanced interventional tools, and helps physicians perform procedures by optimizing the performance of an interventional lab, and reducing radiation exposure for patients. The platform is powered by the Philips ConnectOS operating system, which provides real-time information on a number of work spots in the interventional laboratory. The Azurion also includes procedure cards enabling clinicians to pre-program user preferences, and routine vascular surgery, neuroradiology, interventional cardiology, and oncology tasks.

Azurion was developed in response to the rise in hospital IGT procedures, increased costs, and the need for improved care standards, and uses performance dashboards, and workflow optimization to solve these problems.

Andy Rogers, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, said, “We are proud to partner with Philips UKI and to be one of the first centers in the world to receive this new advanced concept in IGT. We have found the pairing of excellent image quality with low radiation dose a great advantage when undertaking complex and lengthy cardiac procedures, while Azurion’s ease of use has let us quickly train staff on the system and integrate it into the cardiac catch lab environment. We are very excited with the future possibilities of integrating more of our equipment into a single touch-screen user interface, which will drive improvements in lab efficiency and superior patient care.”