DoseWise Allura

Protecting your patients and your people

Radiation dose is a complex issue, especially when viewed in the context of healthcare. Used appropriately radiation brings many universally accepted medical benefits, including the identification and treatment of damaged bones, cancers, and heart abnormalities. However, it also has the power to harm human DNA and, if used negligently, to cause cancer.

At Philips, we have established ourselves as a leader in the area of dose management; Philips DoseWise is a set of techniques, programs, and practices that better protect your patients and your people from the negative effects of radiation in X-ray environments.

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Radiation hazards in the interventional suite.

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Our dose reduction solutions specific to Philips Allura systems are known collectively as DoseWise Allura; a unique combination of techniques, programs, and practices, built into our Allura FD interventional X-ray systems that provide clinically relevant image quality during each interventional application, while providing X-ray dose management.

DoseWise Allura offers significant dose-savings using a unique combination of components. At Philips, we divide factors that influence dose and image quality in three main categories:

Smart technology:

Our innovations to support you in reducing dose

More control:

Ensuring your workflow is dose optimized

Better awareness:

Assisting you in creating an increased awareness of dose

Smart Technology

Detector

X-ray conversion efficiency up 25% compared to previous generation

GridSwitch

Up to 80% reduction compared to non-gridswitch fluoroscopy

SpectraBeam

Pre-filtration Up to 50% reduction compared to no filtration

Advanced image processing

Boost image quality

DoseWise Allura’s exceptional image quality and dose management capabilities are made possible by a variety of proprietary technologies developed by Philips. These ‘intrinsic’ features are those components within the system that form the foundation of exceptional imaging, such as the generator, MRC X-ray tube, dynamic flat detector, and real-time image processing.

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Click to explore the Smart Technology features
FD20 Detector DQE

Enhanced visualization of vasculature and soft tissue with the new 16 bit FD20 detector, introduced in 2014

Next generation detector technology

X-ray conversion efficiency improved by 25% compared to previous generation

Improved Image Quality, in particular for obese patients and for diffucult projections

Elimination of pre-scan by removal of artifacts

FD 15 Detector DQE

Efficient X-ray detector with a detection efficiency of more than 70%

X-ray conversion efficiency improved by 25% compared to previous generation

On the lateral channel of a biplane system the new FD15 saves up to 25% compared to a FD20 detector due to closer positioning to the patient in neuro interventions

FD10 Detector DQE

Efficient X-ray detector with a detection efficiency of more than 70%

Designed for Cardiac Imaging

Compact size enables easy positioning

FD 15 Detector DQE

Efficient X-ray detector with a detection efficiency of more than 70%

X-ray conversion efficiency improved by 25% compared to previous generation

16 bit detector

MRC-GS X-ray tube

Unique benefits:

Excellent IQ at low dose

Uninterrupted procedures

Lower noise operation

Long lifetime

High anode cooling rate

X-ray Generation GridSwitch principle

Eliminates ramp & trail effect of soft radiation, no unnecessary dose exposure in pulsed fluoro.

GridSwitch can reduce patient dose up to 80%

GridSwitch Fluoroscopy – Philips invention - First shown at RSNA

1995 – standard on all systems since then

Patient thicness around the globe*

Patients of all sizes benefit from DoseWise Allura

*Histogram of patient thickness distributions from eight hospitals around the globe (source: Philips system information database)

SpectraBeam Beam Filtration

SpectraBeam Filtration

SpectraBeam filtration with the powerful MRC tube enables:

Enhanced Image Quality at the same patient dose or

Reduced patient dose at the same Image Quality

No relation between detector dose and patient dose

Advanced image processing

Improved spatial and motion adaptive filtering for enhanced

clinical content

Procedure specific image processing

More control

Optimized X-ray protocols

Up to 80% reduction by selecting optimized protocols for the anatomy (e.g. Cardio vs EP)

Collimation, shutter & wedge on LIH

Reduced exposed patient area to the region of interest

FluoroChoices & FluoroStore

Up to 80% reduction by selecting the lowest fluoro dose

Eco Dose

Enables you to lower the image quality to the necessary minimum

DoseWise Allura offers a variety of unique features which allow you to tailor your system by image quality and dose to perfectly meet your specific requirements. These include our clinically optimized X-ray protocols, low-dose protocols, fluoro choices, fluoro store and collimation on Last Image Hold.

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Click to explore the More control features
Optimized X-ray protocols

Xper settings:

Personalize your system to your preference

Better control, shutter & wedges on LIH

Position both shutters and wedges on last clinical image hold without radiation

Enables staff and patient dose reduction

FluoroChoices & FluoroStore

Easy change of fluoro flavour

Physician selects appropriate fluoro dose level to obtain required IQ

Fluorostore to avoid unnecessary exposures

Eco Dose

Additional factor of two in dose savings

User decides if IQ is sufficient for clinical task

Better awareness

DoseAware for staff (optional)

Proven to improve workflow habits of healthcare staff

Structured patient dose reporting

Enhanced patient dose management

In-room patient dose indication

In-room awareness of patient dose

DoseWise Allura assists the user in creating dose awareness via in-room actual zone area AK display, structured patient dose reporting, and real-time staff dose display.

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Click to explore the Better awareness features
Structured patient dose reporting

Patient dose reporting according to DICOM standards (RDSR)

All radiation events are logged and send out as a separate file and

linked to images

Dose data is filled in in ‘RIS database’

In-room patient dose indication

A “speedometer” for dose rate

Actual and predicted air kerma rate

Operator sees predicted dose rate while selecting views and settings.

Operator actions modify the prediction

Operator can modify projection, table height, SID, fluoro mode and other parameters to minimize dose rate

A “fuel gauge” for accumulated skin dose

Predicted skin dose by body zone

Estimated time until limit is reached

Dose information / communication

DoseAware

Real-time visualizing of personal X-ray dose at a glance

Immediately see the effect of change and relation to dose

Time stamped personal dose history

Archive, report and analyze your radiation data at any time

Useful as educational tool

DoseAware Xtend

DoseAware Xtend: Detailed procedure-based feedback

Display of DoseAware Xtend data information directly on FlexVision

Sharing information between Allura angio system and DoseAware Xtend

Showing a relative value as performance indicator based on a reference dosimeter

Advisory when user isn’t using secondary lead protection

Easy PACS storage/retrieval of staff dose data by means of DICOM SR

Viewing and analysis of staff and individual dose history

DoseWise Portal

Take control – manage exposure, promote safety, and work

confidently with DoseWise Portal.

DoseWise Portal will be a cloud-based, vendor agnostic, turnkey

software radiation management solution that allows you to gain an

understanding of radiation use by your institution in the form of

tailored reports, alerts and advanced analytics.

*Product under development, not yet for sale.

Introducing the Philips DoseWise Portal*

Benefits of Dosewise Allura

DoseWise Allura enables dose management for both patients
and staff

DoseWise Allura gives physicians more control during X-ray procedures thanks to Philips proprietary smart technologies and awareness programs

Our unique Xper technology provides the ability to customize the system for image quality and dose to best suit your needs and preferences

DoseWise Allura is integrated across the Philips interventional fixed X-ray system portfolio

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DoseWise Allura is integrated across our Allura FD interventional X-ray portfolio. It combines a variety of dose management strategies and techniques that help you to deliver the optimal balance between dose level and image quality.

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Increased use of fluoroscopic and cine imaging has led to greater exposure to harmful ionizing radiation for both patients and staff in the healthcare environment. To combat this, Philips has developed DoseWise, a set of techniques, programs, and practices that supports excellent image quality, while providing X-ray dose management.

DoseWise Allura is integrated across our Allura FD interventional X-ray portfolio. It combines a variety of dose management strategies and techniques that help you to deliver the optimal balance between dose level and image quality.

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Making the difference with Live Image Guidance

DoseWise Allura

Smart Technology

FD20 Detector DQE

FD 15 Detector DQE

FD10 Detector DQE

FD 15 Detector DQE

MRC-GS X-ray tube

X-ray Generation GridSwitch principle

Patient thicness around the globe*

SpectraBeam Beam Filtration

SpectraBeam Filtration

Advanced image processing

More control

Optimized X-ray protocols

Better control, shutter & wedges on LIH

FluoroChoices & FluoroStore

Eco Dose

Better awareness

Structured patient dose reporting

In-room patient dose indication

DoseAware

DoseAware Xtend

DoseWise Portal

Benefits of Dosewise Allura

Contact information

Contact details

Company details

Making the difference with
Live Image Guidance