CaseCast — A Patient-Facing MRI Explainer on the iPad
An iPad app that a clinic hands to a patient after a scan: it loads the patient's own MRI (locally on the device) and walks them through what was found in plain language with annotated, side-by-side visuals.
Imaging clinic staff and radiology nurse navigators who want to walk patients through their own MRI findings without printing screenshots
- Patient-mode viewer: simple iPad UI that shows the patient's own series in a swipeable grid with anatomy labels in plain language, no jargon
- Inline explainer narration: short AI-generated voiceovers in the patient's language describing what each highlighted region is and what the radiologist's findings mean
- Question prompt sheet: at the end, the app generates a personalized list of questions for the patient to bring to their follow-up visit
- Local-only by design: scans stay on the iPad and auto-purge after 24 hours, no cloud upload, no analytics — clinicians can hand it to the patient with confidence
Patients increasingly Google their own MRI reports and show up confused or scared; clinics need a dignified, explainer tool that respects privacy — and the MRI Grid Viewer's iPad-first design is a perfect starting point.
Multiple patient-facing MRI explainer products already exist and are being marketed (ReadMyMRI, MRIAGI), confirming real consumer demand to understand their own scans.Read My MRI | AI-Powered Radiology Reports ↗MRIAGI - AI-Powered MRI Scan Interpretation in Seconds ↗
Direct competitors (ReadMyMRI, MRIAGI) and Philips MR Imaging App already address adjacent needs; the clinic-handed-iPad-with-annotated-visuals niche is more crowded than the source score implies.Read My MRI | AI-Powered Radiology Reports ↗MRI Imaging app - Philips ↗
No clear evidence of willingness-to-pay from clinics for a tablet explainer; existing players monetize per-report consumer purchases (e.g., ReadMyMRI store) rather than clinic B2B seat licenses.Store — Read My MRI ↗
Patient health literacy demand and patient-facing DHT market growth are durable trends, with growing category research and adoption frameworks.Patient-Facing Diagnostics Portals Market Research Report 2033 ↗
An iPad-first SwiftUI local MRI viewer is technically feasible and prior art exists (iPad radiology viewing demos since 2012), but adding clinic workflow integration, HIPAA-grade privacy controls, and per-patient annotations adds non-trivial scope.The iPad Tablet Computer for Mobile On-Call Radiology Diagnosis ↗