Medical Dictation Software for Radiology

Radiology dictation software
that runs offline.

Pisum's built-in AI dictation engine (Sally AI) transcribes radiology findings directly into structured report fields — in 23 languages, entirely on your local machine. No cloud. No per-minute fees. No data leaving your institution.

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23
Languages supported
0
Data sent to cloud
60s
Average report time
112
Radiology templates
What is radiology dictation software?

Medical dictation software built for the reading room.

Radiology dictation software is a voice recognition tool specifically designed for radiologists. It differs from general medical dictation software in one critical way: it understands the clinical language of imaging — modality-specific terms, anatomical nomenclature, clinical descriptors, and the structured format expected in radiology reports.

Most generic dictation tools transcribe your voice into free text. You still need to format the report, organize findings by section, and copy the text into your reporting system. That's still 10–20 minutes of work per report.

Pisum eliminates that workflow entirely. Sally AI dictates directly into the correct section of a pre-built radiology report template — Findings go into Findings, Impression into Impression. The output is a complete, formatted report ready for export.

How Sally AI works

Sally AI is Pisum's proprietary offline voice recognition engine. It was trained on radiology-specific medical vocabulary across all major imaging modalities and is optimized for the terminology patterns radiologists actually use.

Key technical features

  • 🖥️ Runs on CPU or GPU — no internet required
  • 🎙️ Continuous dictation with real-time transcription
  • 🩺 Radiology vocabulary: CT, MRI, X-Ray, Ultrasound, PET-CT
  • 🌍 23 languages with per-language medical terminology
  • 🔒 Zero audio data sent to any external server
  • ⚡ Improves accuracy over time on your device
Why offline matters

The problem with cloud-based radiology dictation.

GDPR & patient data

Cloud-based dictation sends audio of your patient findings to external servers. Under GDPR, this requires explicit data processing agreements, patient consent mechanisms, and ongoing compliance audits. With Pisum, patient data never leaves your machine — zero compliance risk.

Air-gapped hospitals

Many hospital IT environments restrict internet access on clinical workstations for security reasons. Cloud dictation tools simply don't work in these environments. Pisum was designed to run in air-gapped networks from day one.

Latency & reliability

Cloud dictation depends on network speed and server availability. In busy radiology departments with unreliable hospital Wi-Fi, that's a real problem. Pisum's local processing means dictation performance is consistent — no network, no lag, no dropped sessions.

Radiology dictation vs generic dictation

Why generic medical dictation software falls short for radiology.

Generic medical dictation tools were built for general clinical documentation — physician notes, discharge summaries, referral letters. They transcribe competently, but they don't understand the structure of a radiology report.

A radiologist dictating a brain MRI doesn't just speak findings linearly. They move between sections: technique first, then findings organ by organ, then impression. Generic tools give you a wall of text. Pisum routes each phrase to the correct section automatically.

Beyond structure, radiology dictation requires specialized vocabulary that generic tools handle poorly: "T2 FLAIR hyperintensity," "hepatic flexure mass with mesenteric stranding," "bilateral interstitial opacities consistent with pulmonary edema." Pisum's Sally AI was trained specifically on this vocabulary — accuracy is significantly higher than generic medical dictation tools for radiology-specific terminology.

What radiologists actually need from dictation software


Structured output, not raw text

Dictation should fill report sections — Technique, Findings, Impression — not dump text into a blank document.

Radiology-specific vocabulary

The AI must understand modality-specific terms across CT, MRI, X-Ray, Ultrasound, and PET-CT without constant correction.

GDPR compliance by design

Patient voice data must not leave the institution. Offline processing is the only truly GDPR-safe approach.

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