4Quant Ltd
4Quant Ltd is a Swiss spin-off specializing in big image analytics, particularly for medical AI, by developing scalable platforms for medical image analysis using big data and deep learning technologies.
About
4Quant Ltd is a spin-off from ETH Zurich and Paul Scherrer Institute, based in Zurich, Switzerland, specializing in big image analytics with a focus on medical applications. The company aims to fill the data backbone gap in the medical AI business by combining state-of-the-art big data frameworks and deep learning with medical expertise. Its solutions enable the extraction and curation of high-quality medical labels, support the entire cycle of AI-powered medical tool development, and offer scalable infrastructure for interactive analysis of massive datasets. 4Quant collaborates with hospitals and research organizations worldwide to accelerate AI development, improve medical insights, and streamline clinical and research workflows. Applications extend beyond healthcare to earth science, material science, food engineering, surveillance, and geography.
Products & Services
- HICCAP Annotation Platform for scalable clinical data curation and annotation
- Big Image Data Analytics Platform (BIDAP) for petabyte-scale image analytics
- Cloud Image Processing Framework for distributed analysis using ImageJ and FIJI
- Expert Consulting in large-scale image processing across medical, life science, earth science, and material science domains
- Personalized Image Analysis Training, including courses developed at ETH Zurich
- Image Query Language (4QL) for large dataset querying
- Statistical Reporting and Quality Control for medical studies
- Custom modules for organ segmentation, multi-modal registration, lesion detection, and classification
Use Cases & Case Studies
- Real-time MRI image segmentation for surgery/radiotherapy support
- Organ segmentation from archived chest CT images
- Lesion identification in capsule endoscopy videos
- Flood risk modeling for insurance via satellite image analytics
- Counting cars and people in satellite/drone images for urban analytics and surveillance
- Railway real-time QA and track diagnostics
- Anomaly detection in personalized medicine
- Automated pursuit of criminals using traffic camera analytics
- Geospatial analytics (building/forest detection in satellite data)
Partnerships & Collaborations
- ETH Zurich
- Paul Scherrer Institut
- IBM (Global Entrepreneur Program, Bluemix, SoftLayer)
- Databricks
- SLS Techno Trans AG
- ETH Innovation and Entrepreneurship Lab
- Hospitals and clinics worldwide
Awards & Recognition
- Funded by ETH Zurich Pioneer Fellowship
- Presenter at Spark Summit, ECR (European Congress of Radiology), ICTMS, LifeScienceForumBasel