Midjourney ventures into medical imaging with spa-style water-body scans
TL;DR
Midjourney, best known for AI art, announced Midjourney Medical, a spa-like venture in San Francisco that uses a water tank and 40 ultrasound modules to perform full-body scans and reconstruct MRI-like images; the project relies on Fullbody Ultrasound Computational Tomography, aims for 50,000 scanners by 2031 and up to a billion scans per month, with FDA approval planned as it expands to a spa by late 2027; Butterfly Network provided the hardware under a co-development deal, but the collaboration and regulatory, data privacy concerns remained under the radar in the initial announcement.
- Midjourney pivots from AI image generation to body scanning medical spa where patients bathe in 'golden light' The Register
- Midjourney goes from generating cat images to full-body ultrasound scans The Verge
- Butterfly Network Shares Jump as Midjourney Unveils Imaging Platform Built on Ultrasound-on-Chip Technology (BFLY) Yahoo Finance
- The startup behind AI art wants to make body imaging feel like a spa day Business Insider
- AI Startup Midjourney Pivots to Health With Ultrasound Machine Bloomberg.com
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