Summary
- Midjourney has introduced a new division named Midjourney Medical, aimed at full-body imaging.
- The company has proposed an "Ultrasonic CT" system that could produce MRI-like scans in around 60 seconds using soundwaves, water, and AI technology.
- Plans are in place to launch the first imaging spa in San Francisco by 2027, with ambitions to roll out tens of thousands of scanners globally.
Midjourney, known for its AI-driven image generation platform, is venturing into the healthcare sector.
On Wednesday, the firm announced Midjourney Medical, a new initiative focused on developing "Ultrasonic CT," a full-body imaging system that integrates ultrasound technology with AI for image reconstruction. The company claims this technology could create intricate three-dimensional body scans in roughly 60 seconds.
Midjourney stated, “Our goal at Midjourney Medical is to deploy around 50,000 of these scanners around the world over the next six years and use this fleet of sensors to do a billion full-body scans every month.”
Initially launched in 2022 as a text-to-image generation platform, this foray into medical imaging hardware and wellness services marks a significant shift from its original focus.
The scanner is designed to immerse users in a water-filled chamber, lowering them through a ring equipped with about 500,000 ultrasonic transmitters and receivers.
“As you descend into the water, hundreds of thousands of tiny elements take turns sending out waves, listening together, compressing and then streaming data to a massive cluster where thousands of computers share the workload,” the company explained.
Midjourney plans to debut this technology at the Midjourney Spa, a wellness facility set to open in San Francisco in late 2027, which will include hot tubs, saunas, cold plunges, and scanning rooms, with expansion plans for 2028.
“We believe that with sufficient early imaging in the future, the world could prevent 30% of all deaths and 50% of healthcare costs,” the company stated. “The cultural, physical, and mental health benefits of all of this are hard to comprehend, but also hard to overstate.”
A technical dive inside our new "Midjourney Scanner" pic.twitter.com/wJBHz2O7ro
— Midjourney (@midjourney) June 18, 2026
Looking ahead, Midjourney envisions that the system could produce MRI-like images in about 60 seconds without the use of radiation or strong magnetic fields, a process that currently takes 30 minutes or longer with traditional MRI scans. The company plans to spend the next year on research trials, algorithm development, and refining the scanner hardware, initially providing body composition maps while seeking regulatory approvals for diagnostic purposes.
This announcement coincides with a trend of AI developers increasingly entering the healthcare sector, usually through digital means. OpenAI has rolled out ChatGPT Health and ChatGPT for Clinicians, which enable users and healthcare providers to link medical records and wellness data to ChatGPT. Concurrently, Anthropic has expanded Claude into healthcare applications, including clinical research and patient data analysis, while Elon Musk has encouraged users to seek medical advice from Grok.
However, Midjourney's strategy sets it apart by concentrating on medical imaging hardware rather than software, betting that advancements in AI, sensor technology, and computing power will enable faster, more affordable, and widely accessible full-body scans.
“With this announcement, we hope you begin to see Midjourney as a research lab that is continually questioning what we can create for people and how we can transform the foundations of the human experience,” the company concluded.