QP-Liver

Quibim

QP-Liver is an automated MR imaging post-processing software that uses the MECSE sequence to provide an automatic liver segmentation and a quantitative analysis of the liver tissue, including fat-fraction and iron concentration. It also includes quantitative information on the liver volume and the abdominal perimeter.

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Last updated: July 9, 2024

General Information

General
Product name	QP-Liver
Company	Quibim
Subspeciality	Abdomen
Modality	MR
Disease targeted	Diffuse liver disease
Key-features	Iron concentration quantification, fat-fraction quantification, R2* quantification, liver volume quantification, abdomen perimeter quantification
Suggested use	During: interactive decision support (shows abnormalities/results only on demand), report suggestion

Technical Specifications

Data characteristics
Population	Patients with acquired liver MRI scans including MECSE sequence
Input	2D, Multi-Echo Chemical Shift Encoded, MECSE
Input format	DICOM
Output	Fat-fraction and R2* parametric maps, liver and abdomen masks, fat and iron quantification report
Output format	DICOM
Technology
Integration	Integration in standard reading environment (PACS), Stand-alone webbased
Deployment	Cloud-based
Trigger for analysis	Automatically, right after the image acquisition, On demand, triggered by a user through e.g. a button click, image upload, etc.
Processing time

Regulatory

Certification
CE	Certified, Class IIa , MDR
FDA	No or not yet
Intended Use Statements
Intended use (according to CE)	QP-Liver is a medical imaging processing application intended for image processing and analysis of liver MRI. The application is used by clinicians with proper training. Patient management decisions should not be based solely on the results of QP-Liver.

Market

Market presence
On market since	03-2024
Distribution channels
Countries present (clinical, non-research use)
Paying clinical customers (institutes)
Research/test users (institutes)
Pricing
Pricing model	Subscription
Based on	Number of analyses

Evidence

Evidence
Peer reviewed papers on performance	Automated Whole-Liver MRI Segmentation to Assess Steatosis and Iron Quantification in Chronic Liver Disease (read)
Non-peer reviewed papers on performance
Other relevant papers