Siemens Healthineers has launched its new imaging chain, Optiq AI, an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered system that is designed to deliver high quality low-dose images for precise image-guided procedures. The system, launched at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 2026 annual meeting (30 November–4 December, Chicago, USA), will be available across the three new imaging platforms Artis genio, Artis icono.explore, and Artis icono.vision/Artis pheno.vision.
In a press release, Siemens Healthineers details that, as part of the image processing step, an AI-based algorithm reduces noise introduced by the imaging system during image formation (such as noise from electronics) in real time. This denoising benefits different two-dimensional imaging modes, including fluoroscopy, acquisition, and digital subtraction angiography in the fields of interventional radiology, cardiology, and minimally invasive surgery, the company states.
During image data acquisition, Optiq AI uses big data to automatically find the optimal parameter combination for the user’s set imaging needs. The parameter exposure control dynamically adjusts tube voltage, tube current, copper prefiltration, focal spot size, pulse width, and detector dose—while also considering source-image distance and collimation. If during a procedure, the system has to be moved or the angulation or collimation need modifying, the parameters are automatically adjusted. This maintains the requested image quality and keeps the dose as low as reasonably achievable.
“The growing need for earlier-stage treatments raises the bar for image quality and this is where artificial intelligence comes into play. With Optiq AI, we are unlocking AI’s potential for a new generation of interventional systems and are bringing it to all clinical fields,” explains Giovanni Accardo, advanced therapies business lead for Siemens Healthineers Great Britain & Ireland. “Clinical staff and their patients benefit from accelerated workflows and better image quality, paving the way for precision therapy.”
Samuel Tobias Sossalla (Kerckhoff Clinic and University Clinic Gießen, Bad Nauheim, Germany), and his colleagues have been working with the new Artis genio floor and Artis icono.explore floor with Optiq AI for five months. “You can really see a major breakthrough,” he said. “AI-based noise reduction gives us razor-sharp images of very high quality, which are excellent to work with.”
Optiq AI is available on the latest range of interventional systems from Siemens Healthineers. The product platforms Artis icono.vision and ARTIS pheno.vision have been developed with speed and precision in mind, Artis icono.explore comes with a powerful X-ray tube for high patient throughput, and Artis genio is designed for both versatility and productivity to handle a broad case mix, the company press release adds.
