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Llama for radiology & medical imaging

Meta's natively multimodal, open-weight Mixture-of-Experts family (Scout and Maverick), free to download and self-host.

Not specifically recommended

Llama isn't on our list for radiology & medical imaging. It's usable for general work, but first look at the options we recommend for radiology & medical imaging.

GDPR profileOur summary of what the provider itself publishes about your data: EU hosting possible, no training on your data for business use, and self-hosting available. Caution applies to a model with a documented problem, such as an investigation by a regulator. How we measure
GDPR: Caution
QualityQuality from blind duels on LMArena: users choose between two anonymous answers. A difference of about 20 points is noticeable, a few points is noise. How we measure
–Elo, independent
Editorial scoreOur own assessment on 10 of suitability for professional work, price and privacy. This is a judgement, not a measurement; that is why it always sits alongside the Elo. How we measure
7,6
Entry price
Free
Full GDPR check

What Llama does in radiology & medical imaging

Core tasks in radiology & medical imaging
  • Detecting and marking abnormalities on X-ray, CT and MRI (fractures, nodules, emboli, bleeds)
  • Prioritising the worklist by urgency and pre-sorting normal studies
  • Quantitative analysis of brain, lung and prostate images and comparison with prior scans
  • Pre-populating reports and structured reporting
Where Llama is strong
  • Open weights, fully self-hostable
  • Fine-tunable on your own data
  • Very large context window (Scout 10M)
  • GPU-efficient (Mixture-of-Experts)

Llama raises a concrete GDPR point. The Llama 4 Acceptable Use Policy prohibits the multimodal models for businesses headquartered in the EU. Dutch companies may therefore not install the multimodal Llama 4 models themselves under the licence. Weigh this heavily before deploying it in radiology & medical imaging.

Confidentiality and GDPR

GDPR: Caution

Image analysis AI is a medical device: only use software with a CE marking under the MDR (class IIa or higher) for the exact purpose you deploy it for, and document how you validate and keep monitoring performance locally. You process special category personal data: ask where images are processed (on-premise, EU cloud or outside), whether they are pseudonymised and whether they are used for training, and sign a data processing agreement. Many vendors run on AWS or Azure or have been acquired by US groups, so check the current data location. The radiologist remains ultimately responsible for the report.

Self-hosting gives full data control within your own EU infrastructure, a strong GDPR argument.

Rule of thumb Use the business variant with a data processing agreement, and keep a human in the loop for decisions that matter.
Caution the Llama 4 Acceptable Use Policy prohibits the multimodal models for businesses headquartered in the EU. Dutch businesses therefore may not install the multimodal Llama 4 models themselves under the licence terms.

Prices

Self-hostingFreeOpen weights; infrastructure costs only
Meta AI$0Free in WhatsApp/Instagram/Messenger
Hosted API (third parties)from ~$0.03 / 1M inVia Bedrock, Azure, Together, Groq, Novita, varies widely by provider and model size; Meta's own Llama API retired July 2026

Other models for radiology & medical imaging

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Professional tools on Llama

We are not aware of any professional tool for radiology & medical imaging that runs publicly on Llama.

Questions about Llama for radiology & medical imaging

Is Llama suitable for radiology & medical imaging?
Not specifically. Llama isn't on our list for radiology & medical imaging; it's broadly usable, but first look at the options we recommend for radiology & medical imaging. Keep a professional in the loop for every use.
May I put confidential data into Llama?
Image analysis AI is a medical device: only use software that carries a CE mark under the MDR (class IIa or higher) for exactly the purpose you deploy it for, and record how you validate its performance locally and keep monitoring it. You process special category personal data: ask where images are processed (on-premise, EU cloud or outside the EU), whether they are pseudonymised and whether they are used for training, and sign a data processing agreement. Many providers run on AWS or Azure or have been acquired by American groups, so check the current data location. The radiologist remains ultimately responsible for the report. Self-hosting gives full data control within your own EU infrastructure, a strong GDPR argument.
What does Llama cost?
There is self-hosting (free), Meta AI ($0), Hosted API (third parties) (from ~$0.03 / 1M in). Check current prices on the official site.
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