The digital transformation of radiology: AI in the service of patients

In the high pressure environment of hospitals, every minute counts. For healthcare professionals, this requires the clearest x-ray images possible to facilitate fast and accurate diagnosis of patients.

Drawing on longstanding experience in the development of radiology and imaging solutions, technologies delivered by Thales provide hospitals with exceptional image quality, rapid image acquisition and processing, coupled with connectivity capabilities that enable instant clinical data transmission.  

New-generation solutions go further by capitalising on synergies in artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, big data and data management, and the Internet of Things. 

Thales research teams are continuing to make substantial headway by developing radiology applications that incorporate artificial intelligence as an aid for patient diagnosis. 

As Inès Mouga (Strategy & Innovation Director) explains, their ongoing research aims to embed artificial intelligence and deep learning into their solutions to improve diagnosis, allowing patients to be treated quickly and accurately.

Additionally, Thales’s cybersecurity credentials are providing hospitals with new data protection methods, shielding personal medical information and avoiding potential data breaches. 

These capabilities are taking digital radiology technology to new levels. 

Inès Mouga concludes that, as well as enabling doctors to see more clearly through sharp images and potentially detect pathologies such as cancers or pulmonary nodules that might escape the human eye, these technologies also provide them with unprecedented resources to interpret, manage, and protect the data collected.