CT reporting services
CT reporting by a radiologist who has read the whole study.
Raydiac’s CT reporting service reads plain and contrast CT, CT angiography and trauma protocols for hospitals and diagnostic centres in India. Each study goes from your scanner to a credentialed, NMC-verified radiologist under a service-level target and comes back as a structured report, signed by name.
- Thin sections and reformats read, not screenshots
- Templates per study type, measurements as data
- STAT to the top of every eligible list
- Critical findings phoned and tracked
| Order | Study | Site | Priority | Due in | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RDX-26-000418 | CT Brain, plain | District hospital | STAT | 00:41 | Reading |
| RDX-26-000417 | CT KUB | Diagnostic centre | Urgent | 02:58 | Assigned |
| RDX-26-000416 | MRI Lumbar spine | Diagnostic centre | Routine | 14:20 | Queued |
| RDX-26-000415 | CT Chest, contrast | District hospital | Routine | 11:05 | Draft |
| RDX-26-000414 | MRI Brain, contrast | Nursing home | Urgent | Signed | Delivered |
A STAT CT brain at the top of the list, with the time left on its service-level target.
Which CT studies
From a plain CT brain to a trauma pan-scan.
Raydiac reports the CT studies a district hospital, a multi-speciality hospital or a diagnostic centre actually acquires. Plain and contrast, elective and emergency.
| Region | Studies reported | Typical questions |
|---|---|---|
| Neuro | CT brain plain and contrast, CT angiography of the head and neck, temporal bone, paranasal sinuses, orbits, face | Stroke, head injury, headache with red flags, sinus disease, hearing loss work-up |
| Chest | CT chest plain and contrast, high-resolution CT, CT pulmonary angiography | Suspected pulmonary embolism, infection, interstitial lung disease, staging |
| Abdomen and pelvis | CT abdomen and pelvis plain and contrast, multiphase liver and pancreas, CT KUB, CT urography | Acute abdomen, renal colic, trauma, staging and follow-up of known disease |
| Spine and extremities | Cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine; shoulder, elbow, wrist, hip, knee, ankle and foot | Fracture characterisation, pre-operative planning, post-operative assessment |
| CT angiography | Aortic, peripheral, mesenteric and renal CTA in addition to head, neck and pulmonary | Suspected dissection, aneurysm, limb ischaemia, gastrointestinal bleeding |
| Trauma | Whole-body trauma protocol from vertex to pelvis, with dedicated reformats | Polytrauma from road traffic injury, falls, assault |
| Cardiac CT | Coronary CT angiography and calcium scoring, only where the panel reading for your site holds a cardiac credential | Raydiac says so honestly: cardiac CT is credentialed separately and is not available at every site from day one |
Studies outside this list can be discussed during onboarding. Raydiac does not report X-ray at launch, does not report ultrasound, and never reports obstetric ultrasound. MRI is covered on the MRI reporting page.
What the site sends
The report is only as good as what arrives.
A CT read from a phone photograph of the console is a guess. Raydiac routes a CT only when the full study and the clinical context are on the order. The gateway handles the images; your staff supply four things.
How the gateway worksThe complete DICOM study
Every series the scanner produced, including the thin-section axial data, the bone and soft-tissue reconstructions, and any coronal, sagittal or 3D reformats the technologist made. The gateway forwards all of it; nothing is downsampled for reading.
Clinical history and the question
At least 50 characters of history and a clear question, entered by your staff. Raydiac will not route a study without them. “Head injury, GCS 13, on anticoagulants, bleed?” changes how a radiologist reads a CT brain.
The priority
Routine, urgent or STAT, set by your coordinator at intake. The reporting radiologist can raise it on finding something unexpected. It can never be lowered.
Priors, attached by Raydiac
Earlier CT and MRI studies from your site on the same patient are matched inside the identity vault and attached to the order automatically, so the radiologist can compare without asking.
Priorities
Three priorities, with the CT examples your coordinator will recognise.
Each priority carries a service-level target in your site’s agreement. The worklist shows the countdown to your coordinator and to the panel.
| Priority | Typical CT examples | What Raydiac does |
|---|---|---|
| STAT | CT brain for suspected stroke or head injury, CT pulmonary angiography, CT aortic angiography, trauma pan-scan, CT abdomen for suspected perforation or ischaemia. | Top of every eligible list. Backup route if not accepted in the time box. Critical findings phoned to your coordinator and tracked to acknowledgement. |
| Urgent | CT KUB for renal colic in the emergency department, CT chest for an inpatient with a new infiltrate, contrast CT abdomen before a same-day discharge decision. | Prioritised above routine work on the same shift, within the urgent target in your agreement. |
| Routine | Scheduled contrast CT for staging or follow-up, HRCT chest for an outpatient, CT paranasal sinuses, CT temporal bone, elective spine and joint CT. | Read within the routine target for your site, in order of arrival, by radiologists on the day or evening roster. |
More on how the targets are set and measured: radiology report turnaround time.
The report
A template for each study type, so a CT chest report looks like a CT chest report every time.
What every CT report contains
- Technique: the protocol, contrast phase and any limitations, taken from the study itself.
- Findings in named sections for the study type, so nothing is silently skipped.
- Measurements recorded as data, with the series and image number, so the next study can compare them.
- Comparison with the priors attached to the order, stated explicitly when none exist.
- Impression and recommendations, written to answer the clinical question that was asked.
- The reporting radiologist’s name, qualification, council and registration number, and the signature block.
Study-specific template elements
The template library is curated by Raydiac’s clinical co-founder and adapted to each site’s format at onboarding. Examples of elements that appear because the study type calls for them:
- Stroke CT: a structured early-ischaemic-change section, with an ASPECTS field available as a template element for sites that want it recorded.
- CT pulmonary angiography: clot location, right-to-left ventricular ratio as a measurement field, and the adequacy of contrast opacification.
- Trauma pan-scan: a region-by-region checklist from vertex to pelvis, with a separate summary of injuries needing immediate action.
- Contrast CT abdomen for staging: lesion measurements against the prior in a table, so the referrer can see change without re-reading prose.
Critical findings
Examples that trigger a critical-result call
These are examples of findings that open a critical-result communication task. The list itself is agreed with each site at onboarding.
- Acute intracranial haemorrhage
- Tension pneumothorax
- Aortic dissection or rupture
- Free intraperitoneal air
- Pulmonary embolism with right heart strain
The task records who called whom, on which channel, when, and who acknowledged. Unacknowledged calls escalate. It closes only when the site has confirmed receipt.
Radiation and AERB
Radiation safety stays with the site
Every CT scanner in India needs an AERB Licence for Operation obtained through e-LORA under the Atomic Energy (Radiation Protection) Rules 2004, an approved Radiation Safety Officer, and TLD badges for its radiation workers. Protocols, dose and justification are decided at the scanner.
Raydiac records the licence number and validity date for each CT scanner at onboarding, as part of the site agreement. Raydiac reports what the scanner produces; it does not supervise the scan.
What Raydiac does not do
Said plainly
- No AI reads. No image-analysis software, no automated pre-read, no triage by algorithm. A registered radiologist reads every image.
- No X-ray at launch, and no ultrasound. Raydiac reports CT and MRI.
- No sign-off-only workflow. Raydiac will not put a radiologist’s signature on a report they did not author from the images.
- No cardiac CT at sites where the reading panel does not hold a cardiac credential. Raydiac tells you which.
- No promised minutes. Turnaround is a service-level target per priority, per site, with service credits.
CT reporting rates
Priced per study, on a rate card you can read.
Every CT line on the Raydiac rate card is set by study type, contrast, priority and shift, with the radiologist’s fee and the platform fee shown separately. A plain CT brain on a weekday afternoon and a contrast CT abdomen at 3 am are different lines, and you see both before you send a single study. One invoice a month, GST on the platform fee only, no minimum volume, no lock-in.
How the rate card is builtRelated services
Night and emergency reporting
STAT CT at 2 am is what most sites buy first. Roster, backup route, critical-result calls.
Second reads
An independent overread of a difficult CT by another credentialed radiologist, kept alongside the first.
All teleradiology services
What every Raydiac site gets, and how a managed service differs from a marketplace.
FAQ
Questions about CT reporting
Which CT studies does Raydiac report?
Can we get a CT scan report online the same night?
What are Raydiac’s CT scan reporting rates?
Does Raydiac use AI to read CT scans?
What does the site need to send with a CT study?
How are critical CT findings communicated?
Who is responsible for radiation safety and the AERB licence?
Send us your CT study mix. We will send back a rate card.
Tell us which CT scanner you run, roughly how many studies a month, and the hours you need covered. Raydiac comes back within two working days with a rate card and an onboarding plan.
You will need the AERB Licence for Operation number for each CT scanner and a signatory for the data processing agreement.