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OPTIQ
Redefining image quality and dose in minimally invasive interventions
During a procedure, interventionalists have to see clearly – while keeping dose as low as possible. Following our tradition of innovation, we took an initiative to redefine the principles of automatic exposure control and rebuilt it from the ground up – resulting in our imaging solution OPTIQ. Based on big data, OPTIQ delivers constant image quality throughout a procedure, independent of angulation or patient size, while also significantly reducing dose. Find out more about OPTIQ and how it supports you in expanding precision medicine.
Available in product: Artis Pheno, Artis Icono
OPTIQ - A new approach to image quality and dose
OPTIQ
Constant image quality in support of ALARA dose
OPTIQ drastically simplifies the correct system setting and dose usage for the user. The AI-algorithm automatically selects the optimal system settings tailored to each patient and type of procedure.
This enables the physician to focus on the patiënt and the clinical content of the interventions and removes distractions such as adapting the imaging parameters.
![OPTIQ - how does OPTIQ work in detail](https://marketing.webassets.siemens-healthineers.com/6ad9fc100a636887/44e1aebf9b03/v/6d7e476cdac0/OPTIQ-visual-1.png)
With increasing patient attenuation, the conventional detector-dose-driven exposure control leads to a reduction of image quality – even in the average patient thickness range between 20 – 30 cm.
Our newly developed exposure control OPTIQ uses a contrast-based technique, supported by intelligent, self-adjusting algorithms. It automatically considers SID, collimation settings, grid status, and patient thickness – and finds and applies the best suitable combination of the 5 radiation exposure parameters and the detector dose as an additional variable. This new exposure control constantly aims to achieve the requested contrast-to-noise ratio at the lowest possible dose.
The basis for this complex functionality is a vast database containing 300 million entries. With every image acquisition, the system checks up to 15,000 possible parameter combinations with the goal to select the most dose-efficient one for a specific imaging situation.
![OPTIQ 5+1](https://marketing.webassets.siemens-healthineers.com/6e277eb0d3645279/130b1a05d6b9/v/a16e8ef5d6bf/OPTIQ-Visual-2.jpg)
OPTIQ therefor achieves constant image quality at the lowest achievable dose, automatically evaluating and selecting 5+1 parameter combinations at a speed unmatchable for humans.
![OPTIQ - how does it work in detail](https://marketing.webassets.siemens-healthineers.com/fe2fd33d1cef8a52/fc1574784962/v/471864ee4320/OPTIQ-Visual-3.jpg)
OPTIQ Structure Scout
Optimized visibility of details and devices
For interventional procedures, devices like guide wires, coils, and stents are indispensable. The market is constantly growing, with new devices emerging made from different materials – and each one needs to be clearly visible without an increase in dose.
Structure Scout automatically optimizes the visibility of different devices and materials, based on their individual dose absorption property. This material-specific imaging is based on preset values. As a result, the system automatically adapts its exposure control parameters to the material used.
![](https://marketing.webassets.siemens-healthineers.com/96b1d8759e31d955/03742ef94e0d/v/89f5fc1bcb34/CNR-exposure-control_material-specific-imaging.jpg)
Clinical examples
See for yourself: OPTIQ makes the difference
Neuro Interventions
03Interventional Cardiology
03Interventional Radiology
03![Clinical image that shows tiny vessels in the knee](https://marketing.webassets.siemens-healthineers.com/5116082c27b62601/b03acb837b27/v/a4927149a042/CNR-exposure-control_material-specific-imaging_excellent-visibility.jpg)
Image courtesy: Prof. Florian Wolf, MD, Prof. Christian Loewe, MD, Allgemeines Krankenhaus Wien – Medical University Vienna, Austria
Excellent visibility of tiny vessels in the knee
Visualizing embolic material in fluoroscopy.
![Clinical image that shows treatment with OPTIQ Roadmap](https://marketing.webassets.siemens-healthineers.com/8c7c00ca36b52a93/6f4ba6a301f4/v/bfc4f43d654c/CNR-exposure-control_material-specific-imaging_OPTIQ-roadmap.jpg)
Image courtesy: Prof. René Chapot, MD, Alfried Krupp Krankenhaus Essen, Germany
OPTIQ Roadmap: Significant improvements of device contrast over vessel map
“Impressive is the quality of the Fluoroscopy and the quality of the Roadmap. Increased image quality goes together with a reduction in doses.”4
Prof. René Chapot, MD
Head of the Department of Neuroradiology,
Alfried Krupp Hospital, Essen, Germany
![Clinical image that shows stent treatment](https://marketing.webassets.siemens-healthineers.com/34b61e967e3fd807/0d4a71108ad5/v/bd814d81745e/CNR-exposure-control_material-specific-imaging_stent-struts.jpg)
Visibility of stent struts
Neuro device protocol used for treatment success documentation after carotid artery stenting
Left side: Ballons of Mo.Ma Device
Right side: "Protegé"-Stent (10/7 x 30 mm)
![Clinical image that shows small vessels and tissue perfusion](https://marketing.webassets.siemens-healthineers.com/94b6369acbec21f1/23d5404278e2/v/3418a5a7a525/CNR-exposure-control_material-specific-imaging_small-vessels_1.jpg)
Image courtesy: Prof. René Chapot, MD, Alfried Krupp Krankenhaus Essen, Germany
Visibility of small vessels and tissue perfusion.
Courtesy: University Heart Center Freiburg/Bad Krozingen, Germany
Constant image quality even in steep angulations.1
Even in steep angulations like spider view, OPTIQ delivers constant image quality according to your pre-set image quality at lowest reasonable achievable dose.
Video 1
Courtesy: University Heart Center Freiburg/Bad Krozingen, Germany
Constant image quality even in steep angulations.1
Even in steep angulations like spider view, OPTIQ delivers constant image quality according to your pre-set image quality at lowest reasonable achievable dose.
Video 2
Image courtesy: University Heart Center Freiburg/Bad Krozingen, Germany
Excellent device visibility at lowest reasonable achievable dose
Structure Scout enables optimization on specific materials, e.g., iron, tantalum, or platinum to save dose while maintaining excellent device visibility.2
![Clinical image that shows excellent visibility of tiny vessels with OPTIQ](https://marketing.webassets.siemens-healthineers.com/f4c032af3cc598e0/7587b0a42c4b/v/1e0faaf19a24/CNR-exposure-control_material-specific-imaging.jpg)
Prostate artery embolization (PAE)
Excellent visibility of tiny vessels with OPTIQ
Left side: DAP 15.38 µGy·m2/f
Right side: DAP 10.6 µGy·m2/f
![Clinical image that shows fine structures and compensation for motion artifacts](https://marketing.webassets.siemens-healthineers.com/2e1e766827ba79c2/4a2f0b5bd1e0/v/2b0ea9f35d61/CNR-exposure-control_material-specific-imaging_fine-structures_1.jpg)
Image courtesy: Prof. Dierk Vorwerk, MD, Institute of Radiology, Klinikum Ingolstadt, Germany
Visualization of fine structures and compensation for motion artifacts
“What is very impressive is the detailed clarity of the images and the image resolution that is gorgeous.” 4
Prof. Dierk Vorwerk, MD
Head of the Department of Radiology,
General Hospital, Ingolstadt, Germany
![Clinical image that shows tiny vessels in the knee](https://marketing.webassets.siemens-healthineers.com/5116082c27b62601/b03acb837b27/v/a4927149a042/CNR-exposure-control_material-specific-imaging_excellent-visibility.jpg)
Image courtesy: Prof. Florian Wolf, MD, Prof. Christian Loewe, MD, Allgemeines Krankenhaus Wien – Medical University Vienna, Austria
Excellent visibility of tiny vessels in the knee
Visualizing embolic material in fluoroscopy.
![Clinical image that shows treatment with OPTIQ Roadmap](https://marketing.webassets.siemens-healthineers.com/8c7c00ca36b52a93/6f4ba6a301f4/v/bfc4f43d654c/CNR-exposure-control_material-specific-imaging_OPTIQ-roadmap.jpg)
Image courtesy: Prof. René Chapot, MD, Alfried Krupp Krankenhaus Essen, Germany
OPTIQ Roadmap: Significant improvements of device contrast over vessel map
“Impressive is the quality of the Fluoroscopy and the quality of the Roadmap. Increased image quality goes together with a reduction in doses.”4
Prof. René Chapot, MD
Head of the Department of Neuroradiology,
Alfried Krupp Hospital, Essen, Germany
![Clinical image that shows stent treatment](https://marketing.webassets.siemens-healthineers.com/34b61e967e3fd807/0d4a71108ad5/v/bd814d81745e/CNR-exposure-control_material-specific-imaging_stent-struts.jpg)
Visibility of stent struts
Neuro device protocol used for treatment success documentation after carotid artery stenting
Left side: Ballons of Mo.Ma Device
Right side: "Protegé"-Stent (10/7 x 30 mm)
![Clinical image that shows small vessels and tissue perfusion](https://marketing.webassets.siemens-healthineers.com/94b6369acbec21f1/23d5404278e2/v/3418a5a7a525/CNR-exposure-control_material-specific-imaging_small-vessels_1.jpg)
Image courtesy: Prof. René Chapot, MD, Alfried Krupp Krankenhaus Essen, Germany
Visibility of small vessels and tissue perfusion.
Courtesy: University Heart Center Freiburg/Bad Krozingen, Germany
Constant image quality even in steep angulations.1
Even in steep angulations like spider view, OPTIQ delivers constant image quality according to your pre-set image quality at lowest reasonable achievable dose.
Video 1
Courtesy: University Heart Center Freiburg/Bad Krozingen, Germany
Constant image quality even in steep angulations.1
Even in steep angulations like spider view, OPTIQ delivers constant image quality according to your pre-set image quality at lowest reasonable achievable dose.
Video 2
Image courtesy: University Heart Center Freiburg/Bad Krozingen, Germany
Excellent device visibility at lowest reasonable achievable dose
Structure Scout enables optimization on specific materials, e.g., iron, tantalum, or platinum to save dose while maintaining excellent device visibility.2
![Clinical image that shows excellent visibility of tiny vessels with OPTIQ](https://marketing.webassets.siemens-healthineers.com/f4c032af3cc598e0/7587b0a42c4b/v/1e0faaf19a24/CNR-exposure-control_material-specific-imaging.jpg)
Prostate artery embolization (PAE)
Excellent visibility of tiny vessels with OPTIQ
Left side: DAP 15.38 µGy·m2/f
Right side: DAP 10.6 µGy·m2/f
![Clinical image that shows fine structures and compensation for motion artifacts](https://marketing.webassets.siemens-healthineers.com/2e1e766827ba79c2/4a2f0b5bd1e0/v/2b0ea9f35d61/CNR-exposure-control_material-specific-imaging_fine-structures_1.jpg)
Image courtesy: Prof. Dierk Vorwerk, MD, Institute of Radiology, Klinikum Ingolstadt, Germany
Visualization of fine structures and compensation for motion artifacts
“What is very impressive is the detailed clarity of the images and the image resolution that is gorgeous.” 4
Prof. Dierk Vorwerk, MD
Head of the Department of Radiology,
General Hospital, Ingolstadt, Germany
![Clinical image that shows tiny vessels in the knee](https://marketing.webassets.siemens-healthineers.com/5116082c27b62601/b03acb837b27/v/a4927149a042/CNR-exposure-control_material-specific-imaging_excellent-visibility.jpg)
Image courtesy: Prof. Florian Wolf, MD, Prof. Christian Loewe, MD, Allgemeines Krankenhaus Wien – Medical University Vienna, Austria
Excellent visibility of tiny vessels in the knee
Visualizing embolic material in fluoroscopy.
![Clinical image that shows treatment with OPTIQ Roadmap](https://marketing.webassets.siemens-healthineers.com/8c7c00ca36b52a93/6f4ba6a301f4/v/bfc4f43d654c/CNR-exposure-control_material-specific-imaging_OPTIQ-roadmap.jpg)
![Clinical image that shows stent treatment](https://marketing.webassets.siemens-healthineers.com/34b61e967e3fd807/0d4a71108ad5/v/bd814d81745e/CNR-exposure-control_material-specific-imaging_stent-struts.jpg)
![Clinical image that shows small vessels and tissue perfusion](https://marketing.webassets.siemens-healthineers.com/94b6369acbec21f1/23d5404278e2/v/3418a5a7a525/CNR-exposure-control_material-specific-imaging_small-vessels_1.jpg)
![Clinical image that shows excellent visibility of tiny vessels with OPTIQ](https://marketing.webassets.siemens-healthineers.com/f4c032af3cc598e0/7587b0a42c4b/v/1e0faaf19a24/CNR-exposure-control_material-specific-imaging.jpg)
![Clinical image that shows fine structures and compensation for motion artifacts](https://marketing.webassets.siemens-healthineers.com/2e1e766827ba79c2/4a2f0b5bd1e0/v/2b0ea9f35d61/CNR-exposure-control_material-specific-imaging_fine-structures_1.jpg)
![Clinical image that shows tiny vessels in the knee](https://marketing.webassets.siemens-healthineers.com/5116082c27b62601/b03acb837b27/v/a4927149a042/CNR-exposure-control_material-specific-imaging_excellent-visibility.jpg)
Customer experiences
Find out what your peers say about OPTIQ
Prof. René Chapot, MD, discusses high image quality at low dose.
Further literature and information on OPTIQ
Read what Dr. Michiel Dehairs and his colleagues write about OPTIQ and its “improvement in imaging efficiency and corresponding dose reduction”.
![Title page of the paper "Physics in Medicine & Biology](https://marketing.webassets.siemens-healthineers.com/f3811ba91a723ec8/91bdfd2a4682/v/ea8b00952b81/CNR-exposure-control_imaging-chain_michael-dehair.jpg)
Read what Dr. Michiel Dehairs and his colleagues write about OPTIQ and its “improvement in imaging efficiency and corresponding dose reduction”.
![Title page of the report “Evaluation of image quality and skin radiation exposure of the conventional and new automatic exposure controls of ARTIS pheno”](https://marketing.webassets.siemens-healthineers.com/1a96616678506514/8f80454684c8/v/1dda0cf89e19/CNR-exposure-control_imaging-chain_thomas-werncke.jpg)
Find out what Dr. Thomas Werncke and his colleagues say about the “high potential for skin dose reduction in abdominal radiology when using a material-specific imaging” with OPTIQ.
![Title page of the OPTIQ white paper](https://marketing.webassets.siemens-healthineers.com/5866af6969af02d6/ebe03d5b90bc/v/7c486800ac87/CNR-exposure-control_imaging-chain_stanislav-tashenov.jpg)
Dr. Stanislav Tashenov from Siemens Healthineers provides in-depth information on “OPTIQ – A new approach to image quality and dose in minimally invasive procedures”.
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