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Best AI for radiology & medical imaging
Radiologists, lab technicians and imaging departments in hospitals and population screening programmes have more and more scans to review each year, while the number of radiologists is not growing. Radiology is the specialism where AI is furthest along in Dutch hospitals: according to the AI Monitor Ziekenhuizen 2026 by M&I/Partners, 41% of the most important AI implementations are there. It is mainly about CE-marked image analysis: software that flags fractures, lung nodules, pulmonary embolisms or brain haemorrhages, sorts the worklist by urgency, quantifies brain and prostate MRI, and pre-sorts normal mammograms in breast cancer screening. In addition, tools are appearing that pre-fill the report or draft it by voice. Most are offered as a platform that runs within the PACS.
InceptoGDPR: Strong- Provider based in the EU
- Data in the EU according to the provider
- Publishes certification/GDPR safeguards
ClaudeGDPR: Strong- Editorial score 9.0 of 10
- Elo 1506
Watch out in this field
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.
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Professional tools with the strongest published GDPR safeguards first, then general assistants by suitability.
Incepto professional toolIncepto Medical (France) · EUPlatform that brings 30+ selected AI solutions for radiology into the workflow through a single integration, with performance monitoring and a voice-driven reporting assistant. Active in 400+ centres across Europe, including the Netherlands.own modelon requestStrong2
Siemens Healthineers AI-Rad Companion professional toolSiemens Healthineers (Erlangen, Germany) · EUA set of AI assistants that automatically analyse CT, MR and X-ray images: lung nodules, coronary calcium and aortic measurements on chest CT, brain volumes on MR, prostate lesions and contours for radiotherapy.own modelon request (trial version available…Good3
Thirona LungQ professional toolThirona (Nijmegen, the Netherlands) · NetherlandsAI analysis of lung CT scans for hospitals and pharma: segmentation and quantification of lung structures in conditions such as COPD and asthma.own modelon requestLimited4
Transpara professional toolScreenPoint Medical (Nijmegen, the Netherlands) · NetherlandsAI support in breast cancer screening; in an RCT, 29% higher cancer detection with 44% lower workload.own modelon requestLimited5
Oxipit ChestLink professional toolOxipit (Vilnius, Lithuania) · EUAI for chest X-rays that autonomously reports normal images and automates up to 40% of studies.own modelon requestLimited6
Gleamer BoneView professional toolGleamer (Saint-Mandé, FR) · EUAI copilot for radiology: detection of fractures (BoneView), thoracic abnormalities (ChestView) and bone measurements on X-rays.own modelon requestLimited7
icometrix icobrain professional toolicometrix (Leuven, Belgium, acquired by GE HealthCare) · EUAI software that quantifies brain MRI and compares scans over time, so radiologists and neurologists can spot small changes in MS, dementia, ARIA (a side effect of amyloid therapy), stroke, traumatic brain injury and epilepsy.own modelon requestLimited8
Milvue TechCare professional toolMilvue (Paris, France) · EU · free to tryAI suite for X-rays: detects fractures, dislocations, pneumothorax and nodules, automatically measures bone lengths and angles and pre-fills the report. Also suitable for children.own modelMilvue Suite on requestLimited9
contextflow ADVANCE Chest CT professional toolcontextflow (Vienna, Austria) · EUAI for chest CT that detects, measures and tracks lung nodules over time and analyses 19 patterns in lung tissue. Designed as transparent decision support: the radiologist makes the decision.own modelon requestLimited10
Avicenna.AI CINA professional toolAvicenna.AI (La Ciotat, France) · EUAI for CT scans in the emergency department: flags brain haemorrhages, large vessel occlusions, pulmonary embolisms, aortic dissections and vertebral fractures and moves them to the top of the worklist, without manually selecting a region.own modelon requestLimited11
mediaire mdbrain professional toolmediaire GmbH (Berlin, Germany) · EU · free to tryMRI suite that measures brain volumes, characterises lesions and detects aneurysms (mdbrain), plus modules for prostate MRI with PI-RADS 2.1 (mdprostate) and knee MRI (mdknee). Integrates with common PACS and charges per volume.own modelper volume (on request)Limited12
Vara professional toolMX Healthcare GmbH (Berlin, DE) · EUAI for breast cancer screening that pre-sorts normal mammograms, drafts reports automatically and flags possibly missed findings. According to Vara, it runs in more than half of Germany's population screening programme.own modelon requestLimited13
Sectra Digital Pathology professional toolSectra AB (Linköping, SE) · EUSwedish digital pathology system with a diagnostic workstation and image analysis, used by, among others, Erasmus MC, Radboudumc and Zuyderland. AI from external suppliers runs in the same workflow.own modelon requestLimited14
Aidoc aiOS professional toolAidoc (Tel Aviv, Israel)Platform that runs CE-marked algorithms within hospital IT and flags urgent findings on CT scans (e.g. bleeds, pulmonary embolism) and alerts the right team. Used at, among others, Isala, UMC Utrecht and Erasmus MC.own modelon requestUnknown15Claude generalAnthropicFamily of language models from Anthropic that excels at long documents, careful reasoning, coding and reliable, safe output.1506Elo$20 / monthStrong16
Gemini generalGoogleGoogle DeepMind's natively multimodal model family, deeply integrated into Workspace, with a very large context window.1527Elo€4.99 / monthStrong17
Copilot generalMicrosoftMicrosoft's AI layer that combines GPT and Claude models with your own organisational data and the Microsoft 365 apps.1485Elofrom €10 / monthCaution18
Le Chat (Mistral) generalMistral AIFrench/European AI lab with open-weight and commercial models and the Le Chat assistant, with EU data residency as its core proposition.1426Elo$14.99 / monthStrong19
ChatGPT generalOpenAIOpenAI's versatile, agentic flagship with a very large context window and a broad ecosystem of integrations.1485Elo$8 / monthStrong20
Qwen generalAlibaba Cloud · free to tryChinese model family from Alibaba Cloud with a free chat app, a large open-weight catalogue and the proprietary flagship Qwen3.8-Max with 1 million tokens of context.1484Eloon requestCaution21
GLM (Z.ai) generalZ.ai (Zhipu AI) · free to tryChinese AI lab (Zhipu, international Z.ai) with the open-weight GLM family under MIT licence, particularly strong at programming and agent tasks at low prices.1483Elo$18 / monthCaution22
Kimi generalMoonshot AI · free to tryChinese AI lab (Moonshot AI) with the open-weight Kimi K2 family and an assistant that focuses strongly on agents, deep research and long documents.1487Elo$19 / monthCaution23
Grok generalxAIThe model from xAI, integrated into X, distinguished by real-time access to live X posts and web data.1471Elo$10 / monthCaution24
DeepSeek generalDeepSeek · free to tryOpen-weight (MIT) Chinese language model with a 1M context window and a built-in reasoning mode, at very low API costs.1475Eloon requestCaution25
Perplexity generalPerplexity AI · free to tryUS AI search engine that delivers answers with source citations via its own Sonar models and external frontier models, with separate Enterprise agreements on data use.–Elo$20 / monthUnknown26
Llama generalMeta · free to tryMeta's natively multimodal, open-weight Mixture-of-Experts family (Scout and Maverick), free to download and self-host.–Eloon requestCautionNo options with these filters. Switch off a filter.
Last checked: 4 November 2026 · How we check
How to start in radiology & medical imaging
- Try this weekStart free with Milvue TechCare on non-confidential work. In under an hour you'll get a feel for what AI can do for radiology & medical imaging.
- Sort the basics (GDPR)Choose the business variant, sign a data processing agreement and turn off training on your data. See the GDPR check per option.
- Go deeper with professional softwareBook a demo with Incepto: built for radiology & medical imaging, with the strongest published safeguards.
Where AI does the most in this field
The core tasks we track for this profession. Tools in the list above can be compared on these tasks.
- 1Detecting and marking abnormalities on X-ray, CT and MRI (fractures, nodules, embolisms, bleeds)
- 2Prioritising the worklist by urgency and pre-sorting normal studies
- 3Quantitative analysis of brain, lung and prostate images and comparison with previous scans
- 4Pre-filling reports and structured reporting
Per task in radiology & medical imaging
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What is the best AI for radiology & medical imaging?
It depends on your requirements. Field-specific solutions such as Incepto are built for radiology & medical imaging; general assistants such as Claude are more broadly usable and cheaper to get started with. At the top of this page you'll find our picks.
What is the difference between a 'field-specific tool' and a 'general assistant'?
A general assistant (such as ChatGPT or Claude) is a clever all-rounder you talk to yourself. A field-specific tool is a ready-made product for radiology & medical imaging, often built on top of such an assistant, with its own domain knowledge, integrations and GDPR arrangements. In the 'Quality' column you can see which model a tool runs on.
May I use confidential data?
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.
What does the GDPR profile mean?
Our summary of what the provider publishes about data protection: EU hosting, no training on your data, certifications and provenance. 'Strong' = several safeguards published; 'Unknown' = the provider shares little, so ask them. It is a tool, not legal advice.