Whole Body Imaging News

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Butterfly Responds to Midjourney’s Full-Body Ultrasound Initiative

Butterfly Network commented on Midjourney Medical’s announcement of a full-body tomographic ultrasound scanner that will leverage 40 Ultrasound-on-Chip modules under a co-development deal, aiming for radiation-free, low-cost weekly whole-body imaging and personalized health insights; Butterfly sees potential commercial opportunities from the collaboration and plans to discuss it further during an upcoming TD Cowen webinar as part of its Butterfly Embedded program.

via Business Wire|

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technology3 months ago•83 min saved

AI maps obesity-driven, body-wide cellular changes in mice with a three-part neural-immune-tissue framework

A new AI suite called MouseMapper uses foundation-model–based 3D imaging to automatically segment nerves, immune cells, and 31 organs across an entire mouse body, enabling multi-system analyses of obesity. Built on VesselFM, it comprises a Nerve-Module, Immune-Module, and Tissue-Module that generalize across imaging resolutions and labeling strategies. In diet-induced obesity, the framework reveals reduced whole-body nerve density, increased nerve presence in adipose tissue, and notable infraorbital nerve remodeling in the trigeminal nerve linked to sensory deficits. Spatial proteomics of the trigeminal ganglion shows actin cytoskeleton and inflammation pathway changes, conserved in obese humans. Additionally, MouseMapper generates whole-body inflammation maps by profiling Cd68+ immune-cell clusters across tissues, illustrating systemic, organ-wide perturbations and offering a scalable bridge from cell-level changes to whole-body disease phenotypes.

via Nature|

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