Healthtech is living through its most transformative era. Across the world, we are seeing breakthroughs that do not just improve treatment they redefine accessibility, equity and the very architecture of healthcare. Samsung India’s AI-driven mobile CT scanners are a perfect example. When most people think of Samsung, they think of phones, TVs and other smart appliances. But quietly Samsung India is shaping the future of medical innovation. They took a decisive step toward making advanced medical imaging more accessible, efficient and patient-centric with the launch of the mobile CT solutions in India. This AI-powered mobile CT scanners are capable of cutting Deep-Brain Stimulation (DBS) surgery times by nearly 50%.

Why DBS Surgery Needed Reinvention

DBS is one of the highly complex neurosurgical procedures to treat Parkinson’s disease and other neurological disorders by implanting electrodes deep inside the brain. And this procedure is physically and mentally exhausting for surgeons as well as for the patients. The patient has to be under anaesthesia and every extra minute under anaesthesia increases risk. Every additional hour adds physiological strain, increases complications and increases the time for recovery. Traditionally the time for a surgery takes up to 8 to 10 hours and there would be multiple imaging rounds for accuracy and verification. Accuracy demands repetition but repetition demands time. The workflow itself slows things down. Surgeons must pause frequently to review scans and wait for updated imaging. Each cycle often requires moving the patient between the operating table and a fixed CT machine. This back-and-forth is not only time-consuming but also introduces opportunities for misalignment, patient instability and fatigue during the procedure. Those procedures also involve constant movement between operating tables and fixed CT machines. This is why they need a new advanced technology to make the procedure more efficient.

The AI scanner brought in by Samsung interprets imaging data in real-time reducing the back-and-forth movements, eliminates all the delays and also adds more precision. It is not simply faster. It is safer too. Its feature of real-time AI imaging brings fewer errors and surgical breaks, provides clearer decision-making, reduces the exposure to anaesthesia and ensures consistent surgical flow.

AI Steps into the Operating Room

Samsung India's new AI-powered mobile CT scanners dramatically reduce the need for repeated imaging cycles during surgery. Here is what makes it transformative:

1. Real-Time Guidance: The AI processes CT images on the spot. It guides the surgeons in real time. Thus, it ensures fewer rescans and faster decision-making.

2. Precision at Scale: AI helps identify the electrode placement faster and more accurately. This can mean to give better outcomes for patients, reduced tremors, improved motor functions and fewer post-op complications.

3. Reduced Surgical Time: Surgeries that once took eight to ten hours can now be completed in under two hours.

Mobility That Redefines Access

These scanners are mobile. They are not confined to premium city hospitals. They can be wheeled into emergency departments, ICUs, training hospitals or even rural medical centres where access to advanced imaging has historically been impossible. This is not about making existing hospitals more modern. This is about giving advanced diagnostic and surgical support to places that have never had it. This is how technology becomes a bridge. A bridge between cities and villages, what healthcare has been and what it can be.

This one is not just tech. This is equity.

Not Just Cool AI Tools

Healthcare does not need more fancy noise. It needs solutions that work in the moments that actually matter. The technologies that shorten surgery times, reduce risks, give support to healthcare and bring access to the doorstep of all the different sections of communities equally are what the world is looking for. This is the kind of technology that shifts healthcare narrative from nothing to a possibility. Samsung’s AI powered mobile CT scanners come to the front in these cases. They do not just improve efficiency but also expand access to everywhere. They may not appear to be glamorous or decorative, but they are life-giving and transformative.

When it steps into the operating room and cuts an eight-hour surgery down to two or when a machine goes into a rural place and prevents a life-threatening moment in time, AI is here quietly guiding to save a human life and that is when technology fulfills its highest purpose. This is what excites me about healthtech not “cool AI tools” for a presentation deck, but innovation that saves lives and expands access.

What is one medical innovation you think is still flying under the radar but will change everything in the next 5 years?