VIENNA -- Siemens Healthineers is highlighting a new imaging software program and new developments in stroke care in its booth at ECR 2025.
Available in two versions, Syngo Flexinity is designed to provide access to the vendor’s entire portfolio of imaging software applications. Syngo Flexinity for CT and MRI focuses on image acquisition, reconstruction, review, and optimizing operations, according to Siemens. Meanwhile, Syngo Carbon Flexinity features postprocessing software for all modalities and compasses advanced visualization (AV) and AI applications, Siemens said.
With Syngo Flexinity for CT and MRI, Siemens is including its currently available CT and MRI software and will also incorporate applications released in the future for image acquisition, reconstruction, and review, according to the vendor. What’s more, the suite’s operational optimization functionalities aim to boost productivity and accelerate workflows across customers' entire customer fleet, Siemens said.
Meanwhile, Syngo Carbon Flexinity enables users to access all Siemens AV and AI offerings wherever they are needed, according to the firm. Customers can utilize new software applications while paying based on how many clinical cases are processed by the tools each year.
Stroke care
At ECR 2025, Siemens is also emphasizing its activities aimed at improving stroke care. In a press briefing on 26 February, company officials discussed the vendor’s new mobile stroke unit package, which includes its Somatom On.site head CT scanner and Stroke Connect digital collaboration platform.
First introduced at the International Stroke Conference in early February, Siemens’ mobile stroke unit offering is making its ECR debut. With On.Site and Stroke Connect, patients can receive a head CT in an ambulance and physicians can access the images and patient data remotely. The scanner’s telescopic gantry enables CT scans to be performed while the patient remains on the stretcher, according to Siemens.
In outfitting an ambulance with a CT scanner and facilitating collaboration with neurologists while the patient is being transported to a hospital, Siemens aims to assist clinicians in determining which type of stroke a patient has and improve pre-hospital diagnosis and treatment decisions.
The company also noted that it’s collaborating with Mannheim University Medical Centre in Germany to improve pre- and intrahospital workflows for acute stroke care. The institution has recently deployed a mobile stroke unit with an integrated On.Site CT scanner and Smart Connect software.
Somatom On.site enables potential stroke patients to receive a head CT in an ambulance on the way to a hospital. Image courtesy of Siemens Healthineers.
Siemens is also showcasing an ambulance equipped with On.site and Stroke Connect that's parked outside of Austria Center Vienna.
Meanwhile, Siemens executives and academic partners also shared an update on the UMBRELLA (Unleashing a CoMprehensive, Holistic and Patient Centric Stroke Management for a Better, Rapid, AdvancEd and PersonaLised Stroke Diagnosis, TreAtment and Outcome Prediction) initiative, which was launched in October in an effort to improve stroke care management in Europe.
Siemens is co-leading the five-year, €26.9 million project with Vall d’Hebron Research Institute in Barcelona, Spain. Seven hospitals in Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, and Switzerland are participating in UMBRELLA and will be working to improve, standardize, and validate stroke management protocols, as well as implement them in European guidelines.
As part of the project, Siemens will be providing its stroke connectivity platform as well as a federated data and learning platform to support training and validating of AI algorithms to assist in improving diagnosis, speeding up treatment time, and preventing long-term damage to patients, according to the firm.
Sustainability
In other developments, Siemens is directing attention to its partnership with the European Society of Radiology (ESR) to jointly promote sustainability in radiology. For example, the company and the ESR highlighted the importance of ensuring equitable access to quality care, preventing waste by optimizing resources, and investing in technologies such as AI-driven diagnostics, software that helps to reduce unnecessary repeat scans, and remote scanning capabilities.
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