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NCT Number: NCT07771270

Kosmos Guidance Performance Evaluation Data Annotation

The purpose of this study is to supplement prior Kosmos Trio Guidance performance testing conducted under ECHO-020 Kosmos Guidance, Grading, and Capture Performance Evaluation Protocol. The Kosmos Trio Guidance algorithm is designed to provide guidance to help novice scanners acquire images and videos during ultrasound scanning of three cardiac views (Parastenal Long Axis, Apical 4 Chamber, and Apical 2 Chamber) with Kosmos Trio. The study will divide the guidance cues not evaluated sufficiently in the ECHO-020 study into four categories: 1) corrective guidance, 2) incorrect scanning window, 3) incorrect probe orientation, and 4) low confidence prediction. For each guidance cue evaluated in this study, expert annotators will review two clips: one suboptimal view, collected when the probe is positioned at an incorrect location; and one guided view, captured after the sonographer followed the probe motion cue displayed by the system. Annotators will review each pair of clips and respond indicating either i) Yes, the guided clip demonstrates the appropriate correction from the suboptimal view; ii) No, the guided clip does not demonstrate the appropriate correction from the suboptimal view; or iii) Unevaluable, the guided clip is technically inadequate for assessment. For each category of guidance cues, the outcome measure will be the rate at which annotators respond "Yes." Finally, this study will also evaluate the Kosmos Trio Auto-Capture algorithm's ability to detect and capture a diagnostic-quality image. Annotators will rate clips captured by Kosmos Trio Auto-Capture on an ACEP-based image quality scale. The outcome measure will be the image quality score. The study design involves the compilation of de-identified retrospective cardiac clips acquired using the Kosmos diagnostic ultrasound system. This data was collected for two previous studies; no additional data will be collected from previous study participants for the purposes of this study.

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Key information

Conditions

Heart Cardiac Disease Cardiac Ultrasound Cardiovascular Diseases Heart Diseases Ultrasound

Age range

18 year–80 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

EchoNous, Inc.

Redmond, Washington, 98052, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • All data used in this study must have been collected per 45 CFR § 26,
  • Data must have been collected per source protocol requirements with no deviation for that data set,
  • Adequate demographic information available from original study participation (sex, BMI, ethnicity, and race)
  • Exam acquisition performed by a qualified echocardiographer using the Kosmos system

Exclusion criteria

  • Inadequate demographic information corresponding to the available data, and
  • Non-echocardiographer acquired images.

Treatment and study plan

Category 1: Corrective Guidance

Device

When the system detects that the probe is near the correct cardiac window but requires a specific directional adjustment, it displays a Category 1 - Corrective Guidance message. Each case in this project consists of two clips: Clip A - Suboptimal View: captured after the sonographer has intentionally moved the probe to a prescribed off-target position; and Clip B - Guided View: captured after the sonographer followed the Category 1 probe motion cue displayed by the system. For each pair of clips, annotators will be asked when Comparing Clip A and Clip B whether following the Category 1 corrective guidance instruction produces a discernible improvement in overall image quality. They will provide an answer of Yes, No, or Unevaluable.

Category 2: Incorrect Scanning Window

Device

When the system detects that the probe is positioned at a fundamentally incorrect anatomical location relative to the target cardiac view, it displays a Category 2 - Incorrect Scanning Window message. Each case in this project consists of two clips: Clip A - Suboptimal View: captured after the sonographer has intentionally a clearly incorrect anatomical location; and Clip B - Guided View: captured after the sonographer followed the Category 2 window-navigation cue and moved to the correct scanning window displayed by the system. For each pair of clips, annotators will be asked when Comparing Clip A and Clip B whether following the Category 2 guidance instruction produces a clip in the correct scanning window. They will provide an answer of Yes, No, or Unevaluable.

Category 3: Incorrect Probe Orientation

Device

When the system detects that the probe has been rotated 180° around its longitudinal axis, producing a laterally mirrored image, it displays a Category 3 - Incorrect Probe Orientation message. Each case in this project consists of two clips: Clip A - Suboptimal View: with the probe rotated 180° at the correct cardiac window, producing a mirrored image; and Clip B - Guided View: sonographer corrected the probe orientation in response to the Category 3 message displayed by the system. For each pair of clips, annotators will be asked when Comparing Clip A and Clip B whether following the Category 3 guidance instruction produced a clip that is oriented correctly. They will provide an answer of Yes, No, or Unevaluable.

Category 4: Low Confidence Prediction

Device

When the system's confidence in the current image is insufficient to issue a specific directional correction, it displays a Category 4 - Low Confidence Prediction message. Each case in this project consists of two clips: Clip A - Suboptimal View: with the probe rotated 180° at the correct cardiac window, producing a mirrored image; and Clip B - Guided View: sonographer corrected the probe orientation in response to the Category 3 message displayed by the system. For each pair of clips, annotators will be asked when Comparing Clip A and Clip B whether following the Category 3 guidance instruction produced a clip that is oriented correctly. They will provide an answer of Yes, No, or Unevaluable.

Auto-Capture Frame-Level Re-Annotation

Device

The Kosmos Trio Auto-Capture feature automatically triggers clip recording when it detects that a diagnostic quality image has been achieved. Each case in this project is a single captured clip. No comparison clip is provided. The view (PLAX, A4C, or A2C) is indicated for each case. For each frame in this clip, annotators will be asked to assign a quality grade using the ACEP 1-5 image quality scale (where 1 represents a frame in which the relevant anatomy is not visualized or identifiable, and 5 represents a frame in which the image is sharp and the relevant anatomy is well visualized and present in the frame) to each frame.

Primary outcomes

  1. Guidance Algorithm Accuracy

    Time frame: Post data acquisition (2 months)

    Guidance algorithm accuracy will be evaluated using Positive Predictive Value (PPV), a calculation that compares the diagnostic quality between the suboptimal view following an indicated probe movement and the guided view following the Guidance correction of the probe location. PPV will be calculated for each cardiac view included in this study (PLAX, A4C, and A2C), across all four Guidance categories. PPV is calculated by dividing the number of True Positives (the number of trial pairs in which the post-action clip demonstrates that following the guidance instruction produced the intended improvement for the applicable guidance category) by the number of True Positives plus the number of False Positives (the number of trial pairs in which the post-action clip does not demonstrate the expected improvement for the applicable category). Success is defined as a PPV > 0.80 and 95% CI lower bound > 0.80 for each view. All three views must independently satisfy this criteria.

  2. Performance of Auto-Capture

    Time frame: Post data acquisition (2 months)

    The accuracy of Auto-Capture will be evaluated using Positive Predictive Value (PPV), a calculation that provides the proportion of clips captured using Auto-Capture that contain a sufficient proportion of diagnostic-quality frames to be considered clinically acceptable. PPV is calculated by dividing the number of True Positives (the number of clips with at least one full cardiac cycle of frames is determined to be diagnostic by expert reviewers, in accordance with the ACEP-based grading scale) by the number of True Positives plus the number of False Positives (the number of clips that do not have at least one full cardiac cycle of frames is determined to be diagnostic by expert reviewers, in accordance with the ACEP-based grading scale). Success is defined as a PPV > 0.80 and 95% CI lower bound > 0.80.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

EchoNous Inc.

Industry

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2026
Primary completion
2026
Study completion
2026
First posted
Aug 18, 2026
Registry last updated
Aug 18, 2026

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