For radiologists & imaging practices
Offsite DICOM backup and a long-term archive you can actually search.
Back up CT, MR, CR, DX, US, MG, PT and NM studies from the folders you already write to. They arrive organized by patient, stay searchable as they age into low-cost archive tiers, and open in any browser without a workstation licence.
- Studies filed into patient > study > series from their DICOM tags
- Cold and Deep Freeze archive tiers for priors — with stated retrieval times
- Browser viewer: window presets, measurements, multi-viewport, CINE
- Multi-site studies in one archive; share a single case with a referrer
- Full-machine disaster recovery included on both plans
Click to enlargeBigMind Medical Backup is a clinical-workflow and retrieval companion. It is not a regulated diagnostic device — it does not diagnose, and a clinician interprets all findings.
Modalities
The studies you actually produce.
Standard DICOM — .dcm, .dicom, .dic and .ima — read on ingest and organized from the tags already inside the file.
CT · MR
Multi-frame series with CINE playback, multi-viewport comparison and window presets tuned per anatomy.
CR · DX
Plain radiography, read in the browser with measurement tools and invert/rotate/flip controls.
US · MG
Ultrasound and mammography series, filed to the right patient from their DICOM tags.
PT · NM
PET and nuclear medicine studies archived alongside the rest of the patient record.
Folder-watch ingest, stated plainly.
The agent watches the folders your modality or PACS already writes to and uploads studies as they land. That is the whole mechanism today — there is no C-STORE or DICOMweb endpoint to send to. If your workflow depends on pushing to a network node, check that before you commit; we would rather you know now than discover it in week two.
- Watches existing folders — no change to how your modality exports
- Works on the machine that already holds the studies
- No DICOM node (C-STORE / DICOMweb) at present
Today
Modality / PACS → folder on disk → agent → cloud archive
Not available
C-STORE · DICOMweb network endpoint
Archive economics
Priors cost less to keep than to lose.
Older studies auto-tier on your rules. The trade is retrieval time, so the numbers are stated rather than implied.
Hot — instant
Current and recent studies. Opened straight from the browser viewer with no wait.
Cold — $8/TB/mo
Standard retrieval in roughly 3–5 hours, or expedited in 2–6 minutes. Right for priors you consult occasionally.
Deep Freeze — $5/TB/mo
Retrieval in 12–48 hours. For long-tail retention where the study must exist but is rarely opened.
Included storage is pooled across the practice — 500 GB per user on Standard, 1 TB per user on Pro — and archive tiers are added per TB as you grow.
Workflow
An archive is only useful if you can find things in it.
Retrieval, sharing and provenance — the parts that decide whether an archive earns its keep.
Filed by patient automatically
Every study is read on ingest and placed into a patient > study > series hierarchy from its DICOM tags. No manual sorting, no naming convention to enforce.
Priors in seconds
Search across the whole archive by patient name, ID, study date, modality or description — including studies that have aged into an archive tier.
Multi-site and referrers
Studies from several sites land in one archive. Patient Spaces share a specific case with a referring clinician or colleague, read-only, without handing over the archive.
Read anywhere, install nothing
The viewer runs in the browser — measurement tools, window presets, multi-viewport, CINE — so a second opinion does not need a workstation licence.
Ransomware early warning
An imaging archive is exactly what attackers encrypt first. Hashed decoy files are re-verified every backup; a tamper trips the alert mid-attack and freezes the chain.
Audit trail per access
Every study opened generates an exportable audit row — user, timestamp and IP — with role-based access controls over who can open what.
The reading room comes back too.
Backing up studies is not the same as being able to work tomorrow. Every seat includes full-machine disaster recovery on both plans — the workstation, the server and the machines around them — with five recovery paths and cross-hardware restore.
- Five recovery paths, from a single file to a whole machine
- Cross-hardware restore — boot on hardware you can actually buy today
- Boot-tested on a schedule with stored screenshot evidence
Click to enlargeGetting started
From folders to a searchable archive.
Start the trial
15 days, everything included, no card required.
Point the agent at your study folders
Install the agent on the machine that holds the studies and select the folders your modality or PACS writes to.
The archive builds itself
Studies upload, get read, and file themselves by patient. Older studies auto-tier to Cold or Deep Freeze on your rules.
Retrieve and read in the browser
Search the archive, open a study in the viewer, or share a single case with a referrer.
Questions
What radiologists ask first.
How do studies get in — is there a DICOM node?
Today ingest is folder-based: the agent watches the folders your modality or PACS already writes to, and uploads studies as they appear. There is no C-STORE or DICOMweb endpoint at the moment, so if your workflow depends on sending directly to a network node, this is the thing to check before you commit.
Is this a replacement for my PACS?
No, and it does not try to be. Your PACS handles day-to-day reading workflow; this is the offsite backup, the long-term archive and the retrieval layer around it. There is no PACS server to run on our side, and the two work alongside each other.
Can I read studies at diagnostic quality here?
The browser viewer is built for review, retrieval and collaboration — window presets, measurements, multi-viewport and CINE. It is a clinical-workflow and retrieval companion, not a regulated diagnostic device, and a clinician interprets all findings. Keep your reading workstation for primary interpretation.
How long does it take to get an old study back?
It depends which tier it has aged into. Hot is instant. Cold is roughly 3–5 hours standard, or 2–6 minutes expedited. Deep Freeze is 12–48 hours. You choose the tiering rules, so the studies you actually consult stay fast.
What does the AI do to my studies?
It produces observations and finding flags that queue a study for a closer look, plus notes you can question in plain language — 20 AI consultations per user per month on both plans. It does not diagnose, and every finding is interpreted by a clinician.
What happens if the machine holding the archive dies?
Full-machine disaster recovery is included in every seat on both plans: block-level images with five recovery paths, and cross-hardware restore so the replacement box does not have to match the failed one.
Put your archive somewhere you can search it.
15-day free trial, no credit card. From $25/user/month — browser viewer, patient organization, archive tiers and full disaster recovery.