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Z-0854-06

Advantage CT/PET Fusion for Advantage Windows Workstation with Volume View CT Colonography/Navigator 2...

GE Healthcare / initiated 2004-10-08 / Terminated / root cause: software

General Electric Med Systems LLC began a recall of Advantage CT/PET Fusion for Advantage Windows Workstation with Volume View CT Colonography/Navigator 2 software. (Version 4.0, 4.1,or 4.2) on . The reason FDA records is "Display in fused mode- viewer allows 2 studies ( PET/CT) registered in the same spatial domain to be viewed simultaneously. These 2 images should be visually aligned to a precision of less than 1/2 PET Voxel. A problem...". As of , the recall status on record is Terminated, and MDM tags the root cause as software.

Recall record

Recall number
Z-0854-06
Status
Terminated
Initiated
Posted
Terminated
Recalling firm
GE Healthcare
Product
Advantage CT/PET Fusion for Advantage Windows Workstation with Volume View CT Colonography/Navigator 2 software. (Version 4.0, 4.1,or 4.2)
Product code
LLZ System, Image Processing, Radiological
Reason for recall
Display in fused mode- viewer allows 2 studies ( PET/CT) registered in the same spatial domain to be viewed simultaneously. These 2 images should be visually aligned to a precision of less than 1/2 PET Voxel. A problem associated with this version of software may introduce a shift of up to 1.5 PET Voxels, which can be as much as 8 mm with certain zoom factors.
Root cause tag
software
FDA root cause
Other
Action
An Urgent Safety Notice letter, dated October 8, 2004,(5121309-147, rev.E) was distributed to affected customers and a validated software patch that corrected the problem was installed on affected systems via Field Modification Instruction (FMI) 80114.
Quantity in commerce
199
Distribution
Distributed in 32 states: AK, AL, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, IL, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, NC, ND, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WV; Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Switzerland, Chile, Nigeria, China, France, Egypt, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Phillipines, Sweden, and Taiwan.
Product codes and lots
100943VP0, 67392II1, 36521VE3, 70827VE1, 419453BU6436332BU1, 70800VE8, 44586VE6, 341GE8, 97197VP8, 99813VP8, 97983VP1, 70820VE6, 58626VE3, 70795VE0, FRB3510J25, 58630VE5, 58624VE8, 58589VE3, 7823VE0, 44579VE1, 44597VE3, 44585VE8, 25125VE6, 425022BU1, 70796VE8, 93086VE7, 37621BU4, 76906VE7, 76899VE4, 70798VE4, 65504VE3, 65603VE3, 36543VE7, 58628VE9, 70811VE5, 44584VE1, 44581VE7, FRB3430VBM, 44589VE0, 44598VE1, 44582VE5, 44594VE0, 72740VE4, 1189GE0, 2030GE5, 2085GE0, 2025GE5, 72477II3, 72480II7, 343GE4, 97203VP4, 98272VP8, 423277BU3, 349GE1, 425018BU9, FRB3300M6G, 99699VP1, 98371VP8, 101216VP0, 425015BU5, 237GE8, 364GE0, 339GE2, 101196VP4, 419382BU7, 419383BU5, 366GE5, 367GE3, 357GE4, 2085GE9, 419457BU7, 25128VE0, 98436VP9, 99981VP3, 36513VE0, 98623UP2, 101000VP8, 2028GE9, 2799GE5, 1089GE2, 419450BU2, 101280VP6, 67269VE1, 100855VP6, 66250II2, 346GE7, 363GE2, 345GE9, 1073VP5, 101170VP9, 98516VP8, 2802GE7, 419356BU1, 66244II5, 1487GE8, 67389II7, 365GE7, 425021BU3, 383GE0, 25132VE2, 101334VP1, 95972VP6, 419449BU4, 2031GE3, 2800GE1, 36517VE1, FRB33605L9, 1024GE9, 95307VP5, 102235VP9, 102232VP6, 425204BU5, 1124GE7, 1122GE1, 419455BU1, 419456BU9, 102220VP1, 102555VP0, 97622VP5, 72249II6, 67210VE5, FRB33605KX, 419257BU1, 95268VP9, 338GE4, 101404VP2, 2090GE9, 2087GE5, 101308VP5, 101251VP7, 421989BU5, 342GE6, 99627VP2, 97933VP6, 98653VP9, 66249II4, 72479II9, 25126VE4, 356GE6, 25130VE6, 65450VE9, DE31500056, 347GE5, 421367BU4, 100912VP5, 25123VE1, 25124VE9, 99867VP4, DE24600031, 99910VP2, 101246VP7, 419357BU9, 101171VP7, 102825VP7, 100664VP2, 102856VP2, 424101BU4, 425020BU5, 354GE1, 36518VE9, 100885VP3, 2801GE9, USV41104ST, 2091GE7, USV41103MJ, 99994VP6, 102133VP6, 419549BU1, 25137VE1, 102078VP3, 425351BU4, 1066GE0, 98816VP2, 97591VP2, 99631VP4, 423318BU5, 2086GE7, 97905VP4, 100690VP7, 350GE9, 25139VE7, 1120GE5, 100001VP7, 2084GE2, 391228BU4, 101190VP7, 99909VP4, 1123GE9, 2803GE5, 98474VP0, 25127VE2, 67384II8, 98815VP4, 101288VP9, 101287VP1, 66241II1, 25134VE8