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Health product recall

SYNGO IMAGING (2016-02-01)

Starting date:
February 1, 2016
Posting date:
February 12, 2016
Type of communication:
Medical Device Recall
Subcategory:
Medical Device
Hazard classification:
Type II
Source of recall:
Health Canada
Issue:
Medical Devices
Audience:
General Public, Healthcare Professionals, Hospitals
Identification number:
RA-57116

Affected Products

SYNGO IMAGING

Reason

Siemens is notifying customers using syngo Imaging Studio / advanced Studio version VB36C and older of the possibility of incorrect values for distance measurement. For measurement calculation, syngo Imaging VB36C and older version use the DICOM attribute "imager pixel spacing" (Tag (0018, 1164)) instead of "pixel spacing" (Tag (0028, 0030)). This may result in incorrect values for distance measurements. This happens if both DICOM attributes "imager pixel spacing" and "pixel spacing" are set and have different values.

Affected products

SYNGO IMAGING

Lot or serial number
  • 1094
  • 1200
    Model or catalog number

    10 014 063

    Companies
    Manufacturer
    Siemens AG
    Wittelsbacherplatz 2
    Muenchen
    80333
    GERMANY