Jersey Shore University Medical Center is the First New Jersey Hospital Utilizing the Leading-Edge ARTIS icono Angiography Imaging System

System added to interventional imaging services thanks to an extraordinarily generous gift from Mrs. Mary Ellen Harris and the Golden Dome Foundation.

Siemens Healthineers ARTIS icono biplane system (provided by Siemens Healthineers)

Neptune, NJ, October 24, 2023 … The Hackensack Meridian Neuroscience Institute at Jersey Shore University Medical Center recently added the new Siemens Healthineers ARTIS icono biplane system to its interventional imaging services thanks to an extraordinarily generous gift from Mrs. Mary Ellen Harris and the Golden Dome Foundation. The new ARTIS icono permits a wide range of minimally invasive procedures to be performed in a single interventional suite to reach precision medicine.

“The ARTIS icono biplane system is optimal in the treatment of stroke, arteriovenous malformations, aneurysms and in other neurointerventions,” said Shabbar Danish, M.D., chair of neurosurgery, Hackensack Meridian Neuroscience Institute at Jersey Shore University Medical Center (JSUMC). “The advanced technology reduces radiation usage, improving patient safety, while maintaining excellent contrast and sharp images even in challenging situations. Its high positioning flexibility provides excellent patient access and coverage and it can be rapidly adapted for different users and procedures, significantly speeding up procedural outcomes. It’s an ideal system for emergency situations.”

At its core, the ARTIS icono delivers the new OPTIQ image chain, which fundamentally redesigns image processing for 2D imaging. OPTIQ increases image quality across a wide range of C-arm angles and patient weights, regulating acquisition parameters to automatically achieve optimal image contrast at patient radiation doses that conform to the As Low As Reasonably Achievable (ALARA) guiding principle for radiation safety. The platform also improves the Siemens Healthineers roadmap function, which creates subtracted angiography images for easier navigation of the patient’s vascular system during subsequent fluoroscopy, allowing dose reduction during the fluoro mode.

The ARTIS icono biplane system is engineered for superior utilization in neurointerventions and interventional radiology, with significantly enhanced 2D and 3D imaging as well as improved visualization of difficult-to-delineate structures.

Recent studies have expanded the window for endovascular stroke therapy from 6 to 24 hours, offering the option of treating more ischemic stroke patients. Stroke treatment and other neuro procedures benefit from new features on the ARTIS icono biplane. A revolutionary form of cone beam CT, syngo DynaCT Sine Spin provides images with fewer cone beam CT artifacts in the basal part of the brain and close to the skull. Syngo DynaCT Multiphase produces time-resolved cone beam CT volumes, depicting 10 different time points within 60 seconds without moving the patient to a CT system.

“The new system provides our surgeons with clearer images of the entire brain and allows them to diagnose and treat patients with confidence,” Vito Buccellato, MPA, LNHA, president and chief hospital executive of the academic medical center. “But, high-quality outcomes for our patients are not possible without the nurses and surgeons using these advanced technologies with expertise and their commitment to providing the best care,  as well as through transformative support from Mary Ellen Harris, whose gift made this life-changing technology possible.”

Additionally, syngo DynaCT High Speed can substantially shorten low-contrast 3D imaging from 20 seconds to eight to deliver CT-like images that are less susceptible to movement artifacts. The Twin Spin feature enables clinicians to seamlessly switch between 2D biplanar imaging and 3D imaging, accelerating workflow and simplifying 3D imaging for intraprocedural progress checks.

ARTIS icono also significantly enhances ease of use through Case Flows, which provide personalized workflow plans to optimize imaging parameters and system positions, in addition to displaying layouts for the entire procedure. Case Flows adapt to user needs, providing flexibility when executing certain sequences. Users can therefore standardize procedures across multiple ARTIS icono labs for improved outcomes and more consistent documentation.

“The image quality and resolution on the new ARTIS icono biplane system is simply amazing,” said Pinakin Jethwa, M.D., FAANS, director of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery at JSUMC.  “With the high resolution and ease of use, I have been able to treat patients I would not have been able to in the past. Our treatments are now safer, faster, and delivered with less radiation. Additionally, the DynaCT function has allowed us to perform diagnostic quality images during the procedures, so that we can be confident the patient’s problem is fully treated before we leave the Operating Room. The new technology has already improved patients’ lives and will have a tremendous impact on the care we deliver to our critical stroke and cerebrovascular patients for years to come.”

“We continue to supply our Neuroscience Institute at Jersey Shore, and all our clinical experts, with the latest and greatest technologies to assist them in providing the best care,” said Kenneth N. Sable, M.D., MBA, FACEP, regional president southern market, Hackensack Meridian Health. “And it shows in our quality accolades. In stroke care, Jersey Shore is a Joint Commission-designated Comprehensive Stroke Center and has been named one of America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Stroke Care by Healthgrades, the past three years.”

For more information about the Hackensack Meridian Neuroscience Institute at Jersey Shore University Medical Center’s service visit www.hackensackmeridianhealth.org/en/services/neurosciences.

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ABOUT HACKENSACK MERIDIAN JERSEY SHORE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER

Jersey Shore University Medical Center is a not-for-profit teaching hospital and the only Level I Adult and Level II Pediatric Trauma Center in Monmouth and Ocean counties. It is home to K. Hovnanian Children’s Hospital. With more than 1,300 physicians and dental staff in 60 specialty areas, the academic medical center’s team provides high-quality care in a patient-centered, environmentally-friendly setting.

Jersey Shore’s clinical research program and longstanding commitment to medical education is evident through affiliations with Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine and St. George’s University School of Medicine. With more than 190 residents and fellows in 19 accredited programs, Jersey Shore advances medical knowledge, trains future physicians and provides the community access to promising medical breakthroughs and clinical trials. The medical center is the first in New Jersey to have implanted a dual-chamber leadless pacemaker and the Micra Transcatheter Pacing System; the world’s smallest pacemaker, and is one of the elite facilities in Monmouth and Ocean counties to perform robotic-assisted, minimally invasive Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery and Transcarotid Arterial Revascularization. In recent years, Jersey Shore launched a Movement Disorder Program, Neuro-Oncology Program, and opened the Dr. Robert H. Harris Neuroscience Treatment center — a centralized entry point for patients to access a complete array of neuroscience services. The Center for Paralysis and Reconstructive Nerve Surgery provides the most advanced treatment options to help restore function in patients from around the world who have suffered from stroke, neuropathy, brachial plexus injuries, diaphragm paralysis and other conditions.

Jersey Shore’s HOPE Tower is a 10-story medical office building providing a healing outpatient experience with advanced treatment, imaging and lab services, specialty physician offices and a cancer center. The cancer center features a range of leading-edge treatment options, including surgical specialties, medical oncology, Cardio-Oncology Program, and the most advanced radiation therapy and minimally invasive interventional therapies. Hackensack University Medical Center’s Organ Transplantation Division provides transplantation services and Hackensack Meridian John Theurer Cancer Center provides a bone marrow transplant program and nationally recognized blood cancers program.

Jersey Shore University Medical Center has been ranked as a Top 10 hospital in New Jersey for 11 consecutive years, by U.S. News & World Report, and high-performing in the nation in nine specialties, procedures & conditions for 2023-24. Jersey Shore also received five consecutive ‘A’ grades for patient safety from The Leapfrog Group. U.S. News ranks K. Hovnanian Children’s Hospital with Hackensack Meridian Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital as the #1 Children’s Hospital in New Jersey for the third consecutive year and nationally ranked in Pediatric Nephrology, Neurology & Neurosurgery, Cancer and Urology. Healthgrades recognizes Jersey Shore as one of America’s 250 Best Hospitals (2021, 2022, 2023), 100 Best Hospitals for Stroke Care (2021, 2022, 2023), 100 Best Hospitals for Gastrointestinal Surgery and Care (2022, 2023), 100 Best Hospitals for Cardiac Care in 2023 and with Excellence Awards in Neurosciences (2021, 2022, 2023), Bariatric Surgery (2021, 2022, 2023), Cardiac Surgery in 2023, Critical Care in 2023 and Cranial Neurosurgery (2022, 2023). For information, visit www.hackensackmeridianhealth.org.

ABOUT HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH

Hackensack Meridian Health is a leading not-for-profit health care organization that is the largest, most comprehensive and truly integrated health care network in New Jersey, offering a complete range of medical services, innovative research and life-enhancing care. The network has 18 hospitals and more than 500 patient care locations, which include ambulatory care centers, surgery centers, home health services, long-term care and assisted living communities, ambulance services, lifesaving air medical transportation, rehabilitation centers, urgent care centers, physician practice locations, and a fitness and wellness center. With more than 35,000 team members and 7,000 physicians, Hackensack Meridian Health is a distinguished leader in health care philanthropy and committed to the health and well-being of communities throughout New Jersey.

The network’s notable distinctions include having the only #1 ranked adult and children’s hospitals in New Jersey, as ranked by U.S. News & World Report, 2023-24. Hackensack University Medical Center is nationally-ranked by U.S. News & World Report in six specialties. To learn more, visit www.hackensackmeridianhealth.org.