Decoding MRI, CT, ultrasound, X-ray and ECG

The service primarily works with the radiologist's written report: take a photo of your ultrasound, X-ray, MRI or CT report, or upload a PDF, and the AI will explain the terms and measurements. The image itself (shadows on an X-ray, MRI slices) cannot be assessed from a photo — that requires a doctor and the scans in their original quality.

Yes. An ECG is a printed tracing, so — unlike MRI slices — it can be read from a clear photo: snap the strip (for a long strip, in overlapping close-up sections so the waves and grid are legible) or upload a finished report, and the AI explains the rhythm, heart rate, intervals, electrical axis and described findings in plain language, and suggests what to clarify with a cardiologist. It does not replace a doctor: the final read of an ECG is made by a specialist.

Upload a photo or PDF of the report — the service explains in plain language what the terms, abbreviations and described changes mean. This helps you prepare for your appointment with confidence and frame your questions. The final assessment and decision on next steps rests with your doctor, who can see the scans and your medical history.

No. The service helps you understand a report and conclusion that have already been issued, but it does not make a diagnosis and does not replace a radiologist or your treating physician. The AI translates complex wording into plain language and suggests what to clarify at your appointment. The final read of any scan is always made by a specialist.

A photo of a paper report, a screenshot or a PDF of the report all work — including the description provided along with a disc. On top of that we accept the study files themselves in DICOM format (.dcm), from the disc or the archive your clinic sent — up to 10 slices, each up to 50 MB and up to 150 MB for the whole batch. The main thing is that text in photos is sharp and legible, and that the slices show the area you are worried about.

DICOM is the format medical scanners use to store studies: these are exactly the files on the disc from your clinic or in the archive it sent you. They usually carry a .dcm extension, and on discs sometimes none at all, inside a folder named DICOM. A DICOM file differs from a photo of a screen in that it keeps the scanner's full data rather than a picture captured with someone else's brightness settings: from it we can build whichever viewing window the question calls for (lung, soft tissue, bone) and measure tissue density as a number instead of judging it by eye. Attaching them is optional — photos work too — but the reading is more precise with them.

Ordinary image apps won't open it: you need a DICOM viewer — for example the free MicroDicom or RadiAnt on Windows, Horos on macOS, or the viewer the clinic burned onto the disc itself (often a file such as autorun or viewer in the root). To get a reading here, though, you don't need to open it yourself: upload the .dcm as it is and the service reads it. If the files on the disc have no extension and the system file dialog hides them, copy them to your computer and append .dcm to the name. We cover this step by step separately: how to open an MRI or CT disc and how to open a DICOM (.dcm) file.

Blood and urine tests are tables of numeric values with reference ranges. Ultrasound, X-ray, MRI and CT reports are written descriptions of images with measurements and specialised terms. On this page we break down exactly these imaging-study reports, helping you understand their wording.

The decoding costs 550 RUB — a one-time card payment with no subscription and no recurring charges; the receipt goes to your email. The price is the same for ultrasound, X-ray, MRI, CT and ECG; the current price, including any promotions, is shown in the form before you start.

Partly: a general-purpose chatbot can explain a single term, but it isn't built for medical reports — it reads a long report with measurements unreliably, and it typically cannot parse an ECG strip by its grid or DICOM files from a disc at all. LabReadAI is a specialized pipeline: it reads the whole report, relates measurements and terms, works through an ECG from a photo of the strip and DICOM files with the full brightness scale, and prepares questions for your doctor. Where the data is insufficient, it says so plainly.

As an informational breakdown — yes; as a diagnosis — no, and we keep that line explicit. The service explains what the doctor wrote in the report, flags illegible spots and thin data, and draws no conclusions the report does not support. The final read of any scan and all treatment decisions belong to your doctor: the breakdown is a way to arrive prepared.

For a quick check, the Calculators section has blood pressure and pulse norms by age: enter your values to see the category by clinical thresholds and your heart-rate training zones. It's a reference before an ECG or report is decoded — the final assessment is made by a doctor.

We will explain an MRI, X-ray, ultrasound or ECG report on this page too, but for a military board what matters is different: how a finding maps to the articles of the Schedule of Diseases, whether the document is recent enough and whether it states the degree of impairment. For that there is a separate service, "Military board records review": it takes all your medical records at once — scans, discharge summaries, labs — and reads them in the terms of the Schedule of Diseases. The fitness category is decided only by the military medical board — the review is informational.