Upgrade of a radiation exposure monitoring app

Introduction

Image Insight Inc. is a technology-firm specialising in mobile and cloud applications for radiation detection and monitoring. While not a large enterprise, Image Insight has built a niche in radiation safety: their “GammaPix” mobile app converts a smartphone camera into a radiation detection aid and feeds data into a cloud dashboard.

When they sought to scale their offering from a consumer-app style deployment into an enterprise-grade solution for industrial customers (e.g., hospitals, NDT / industrial radiography teams, nuclear maintenance contractors), they engaged Top Remotely to upgrade their mobile + backend platform: migrating from legacy service architecture to a robust, real-time monitoring, alerting, audit-log and analytics system suitable for regulated environments.

Challenges

Prior to the engagement with Top Remotely, Image Insight was facing a series of limitations:

Their mobile app version tracked radiation events and logged readings, but lacked robust enterprise-capabilities (e.g., user roles, multi-site dashboards, audit trails, integration with badge systems).
The backend infrastructure was a “light” cloud service built for low-volume consumer use; scaling to industrial deployments exposed performance and availability risks.
Clients (industrial radiography firms, hospital radiology safety departments) required real-time alerts (e.g., exposure threshold exceedance), on-site/off-site synchronised site-data, and regulatory-grade reporting—features the product lacked.

The cost of re-building the platform in-house, redesigning for enterprise-scale, would have delayed time-to-market and increased risk; meanwhile competitor offerings (limited, expensive) were closing in.

Objectives

Top Remotely was engaged with a clear set of goals:

Implement a centralised, scalable monitoring platform encompassing mobile (iOS/Android) device reads, cloud services, alerting and dashboards.
Enable real-time tracking of radiation exposure events across mobile users and client sites, with threshold alerts and geographic context.
Provide audit-ready reporting, role-based access (site managers, safety officers, corporate admins) and seamless integration with existing dosimeter/hardware workflows.

Keep the total cost of ownership manageable for a midsized company, while ensuring the architecture would scale and adapt to future regulatory changes.

Solutions

Top Remotely executed the upgrade for Image Insight via a phased, remote-first approach:

Architecture redesign: Migrated their backend to a scalable microservices architecture (cloud-hosted), introduced real-time event streaming for exposure thresholds, and implemented role-based permissions.
Mobile app enhancements: Upgraded the mobile client to handle enterprise use cases: multi-site login, offline mode in low-connectivity field work, secure local caching and sync, push notifications for threshold breaches.
Dashboard/analytics: Created a web dashboard for client-admins to monitor exposures across teams/sites, generate reports (daily/weekly/monthly), and perform analytics (trends in exposure, hotspots).
Integration & scripting: Provided APIs/webhooks so Image Insight could integrate with customer badge readers, HR systems and compliance tools; implemented custom scripts for export of audit logs, compliance reports.
Training & support: Delivered virtual workshops for Image Insight’s internal product/support teams and provided role-based onboarding materials for their enterprise clients.

Deployment Process

Initial Assessment: Top Remotely mapped Image Insight’s existing workflows (mobile app usage, client safety programmes, site-data flows) and identified gaps vs. enterprise requirements.
Data Migration & Integration: Although the mobile app had limited data, Top Remotely designed a seamless migration path for historical user/exposure logs and configured integration endpoints for existing dosimeter hardware.
Customization: Tailored the platform for industrial radiography and hospital-radiation-safety workflows: exposure thresholds per user/site, alert channels (SMS/email), and audit-log retention.
Training & Roll-out: Delivered remote training sessions for Image Insight’s product/support staff, created user manuals for client safety officers, and rolled out in pilot mode with two major customers before full launch.

Results

Following the upgrade of the monitoring application by Top Remotely, Image Insight reported significant improvements:

Real-time alerting reduced “time-to-notification” for exposure threshold breaches by 40%.
Customer site adoption increased by 30% within 6 months (industrial + healthcare clients).
Manual data-export and spreadsheet-work for safety officers was reduced by 70%, thanks to analytics & dashboards.
The new architecture lowered infrastructure cost by 25% versus the projected cost of a full rebuild.

Image Insight now positions the enhanced offering as a premium enterprise-capable solution, opening new market segments (large hospitals, nuclear-facility contractors).

Technology Stack

Backend: Python (Flask/FastAPI microservices)
Frontend: React JS dashboard, mobile clients in native iOS + Android
Database: PostgreSQL + Elasticsearch (for real-time analytics)
Hosting: Cloud-based (AWS) with containerised deployment (Docker/Kubernetes)
Integration: REST APIs, Webhooks, Push notifications
Modules: Mobile exposure capture, site-dashboard, alerting engine, analytics/reporting module

This demonstrates how Top Remotely can help a midsized tech-company upgrade a specialised radiation-monitoring app into an enterprise-ready platform — enabling real-time safety insights, operational digitisation and new revenue opportunities.