DVT is a blood clot that usually develops in the leg and can become fatal if it breaks loose and travels to the lungs.
It affects around one in every 1,000 adults each year.
Chelsea and Westminster has been piloting real-time AI, combining it with a handheld ultrasound device.
The technology enables clinicians to carry out an ultrasound examination at the patient’s first appointment.
They say this has potentially reduced the need for the patient to return to hospital for a sonographer-led scan.
During the three-month pilot, clinicians completed 120 examinations, ruling out DVT in 97 cases.
The typical time from starting a scan to receiving a clinical decision was less than 30 minutes.
80% of patients were safely discharged following their first scan.
Fewer than 20% of patients required a follow-up departmental ultrasound after their ThinkSono scan.
