FDA-Device2026-01-28Class IIPROCESSING DEFECT

GE Healthcare Omni Legend PET scanners recalled for image streaking artifact

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What this means

Certain GE Healthcare Omni Legend PET scanners may occasionally produce streaking artifacts in scan images. This visual distortion appears as lines in the images displayed on the scanner console and could affect image quality used for clinical diagnosis.

If you operate an Omni Legend PET scanner, check the manufacturing lot/serial number against the FDA recall list
Contact GE Healthcare if your scanner's serial number matches an affected unit
Review recent PET scan images for any visible streaking or line artifacts
Work with GE Healthcare on corrective action or repair options

The agency's original wording

Hazard

There is a potential intermittent issue on certain Omni Legend systems that can result in a streaking artifact in the PET clinical scan images. This streaking artifact is most easily identified in transaxial slices on the acquisition console (both corrected and non-corrected for attenuation).

Intended for

Adults

Illnesses reported

None reported

Sold states

Worldwide distribution. US Nationwide, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea (Republic Of), Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkiye, United Kingdom, and Uzbekistan.

Affected count

364 units

Manufactured in

9, Andrey Sakharov, Haifa, Israel

Products

GE Healthcare Omni Legend, sold under the following names: OMNI Legend 16, Omni Legend 21, OMNI Legend 32, Omni Legend PET Gantry 16cm - MEA, Omni Legend PET Gantry 16cm Haifa LM, Omni Legend PET Gantry 16cm Mobile, Omni Legend PET Gantry 21cm - BJ for Global, Omni Legend PET Gantry 21cm - Global Haifa LM, Omni Legend PET Gantry 21cm - Mobile, Omni Legend PET Gantry 21cm WSO LM, Omni Legend PET Gantry 32cm - MEA, Omni Legend PET Gantry 32cm Haifa LM, Omni Legend PET Gantry 32cm Mobile, OMNI PET Gantry 15cm, Omni PET Gantry 15cm - WSO, OMNI PET Gantry 15cm Cardiac- WSO, OMNI PET Gantry 15cm ES - WSO, Omni PET Gantry 15cm Mobile WSO, Omni PET Gantry 21cm - WSO, Omni PET Gantry 21cm Mobile - WSO, OMNI PET Gantry 30cm, Omni PET Gantry 30cm - WSO; System, Tomography, Computed, Emission

Official notice

https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/ires/index.cfm?Product=Z-1112-2026

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