Siemens Healthineers Unveils AI-Powered Imaging Chain for Interventional Precision at RSNA 2025

At this year’s RSNA Annual Meeting, Siemens Healthineers introduced Optiq AI¹, an artificial intelligence-powered imaging chain designed to enhance image quality in complex, image-guided procedures while maintaining low radiation exposure. The technology is now integrated across the company’s latest platforms, including Artis genio¹, Artis icono.explore¹, and the advanced Artis icono.vision² and Artis pheno.vision² systems.

With rising demand for minimally invasive interventions—from transarterial embolizations to intricate cardiac procedures—physicians increasingly rely on precise, high-resolution imaging. Yet in challenging scenarios, such as steep angulations or imaging patients with higher body mass, traditional systems often require trade-offs between image clarity and radiation safety.

Optiq AI aims to resolve this compromise by redesigning the image acquisition and processing pipeline. The system introduces an AI-based algorithm that reduces electronic image noise in real time across multiple imaging modes, including fluoroscopy, digital subtraction angiography, and standard acquisitions. This supports clearer visualization of small anatomies and critical devices, even under difficult imaging conditions.

Using a data-driven approach, Optiq AI dynamically adjusts imaging parameters—including tube voltage, current, filtration, focal spot size, pulse width, and detector dose—based on the user's imaging intent. If patient positioning or angulation changes during a procedure, the system recalibrates automatically to maintain consistent image quality while adhering to ALARA (As Low As Reasonably Achievable) radiation principles.

“The growing need for earlier-stage treatments raises the bar for image quality, and this is where artificial intelligence comes into play,” said Carsten Bertram, head of Advanced Therapies at Siemens Healthineers. “With Optiq AI, we are unlocking AI’s potential for a new generation of interventional systems and are bringing it to all clinical fields.”

Clinicians working with the system are already reporting measurable benefits. Professor Samuel Tobias Sossalla, MD, director of cardiology at Kerckhoff Clinic Bad Nauheim and University Clinic Gießen in Germany, shared his early experience with the Artis genio floor¹ and Artis icono.explore floor¹ platforms: “You can really see a major breakthrough. AI-based noise reduction gives us razor-sharp images of very high quality, which are excellent to work with.”

Each platform in the Artis family addresses different clinical needs: Artis genio focuses on versatility and efficiency for mixed case volumes; Artis icono.explore is built for high patient throughput with a robust X-ray tube; and Artis icono.vision and Artis pheno.vision deliver maximum speed and precision for demanding procedures.

By embedding AI directly into the core of interventional imaging, Siemens Healthineers is aiming to support faster workflows, sharper imaging, and improved clinical outcomes across a broad spectrum of minimally invasive therapies.