Siemens Earns FDA Clearance for SMS, GOBrain Neuro MRI Applications

The FDA has granted clearance to Siemens Healthcare’s two magnetic resonance imaging applications, Simultaneous Multi-Slice (SMS) and GOBrain, which are intended to decrease time required for MRIs of the brain.

The SMS application works to reduce acquisition times and the GOBrain app improves patient throughput, both of which can lead to a reduction in costs per scan, according to the company.

Brain scans account for roughly 1 out of 4 MRI examinations. — Anisa Jibrell