Noah Medical's Galaxy System Hits 96.7% Diagnostic Yield in CHEST Data
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San Carlos, Calif. – October 12, 2026 -- Noah Medical's Galaxy robotic bronchoscopy platform delivered a 96.7% strict diagnostic yield in a 31-patient multi-center study, and an 89% yield with a cost-benefit ratio above 1 in a separate community hospital series, according to two data sets presented at the CHEST 2025 Annual Meeting in Chicago.
MATCH 2 study reports 100% procedural success across 31 patients
The prospective multi-center MATCH 2 study was led by Dr. Amit "Bobby" Mahajan of Inova Fairfax Medical Center in Virginia and Dr. Krish Bhadra of CHI Memorial in Tennessee. Investigators evaluated the Galaxy System's digital tomosynthesis and augmented fluoroscopy algorithms for real-time lesion localization in patients with peripheral pulmonary nodules.
Results across the 31 patients: