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Midjourney Unveils Medical Arm and Full-Body Ultrasound Scanner

June 17, 2026 at 22:49 EDT

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Midjourney, known for its AI image generation, announced a new division called "Midjourney Medical" and its first hardware product, the "Midjourney Scanner," on June 17–18, 2026. The device is a full-body ultrasound scanner that generates detailed 3D images using only water and sound waves, without radiation or strong magnetic fields.

June 18, 2026 · Midjourney Medical

From AI Art to Anatomy: Midjourney Unveils a Full-Body Scanner

The AI image-generation lab pivots to hardware with the "Midjourney Scanner" — a ring of ultrasound sensors that descends through a water tank to image the entire body in about 60 seconds, with AI reconstructing 3D images claimed to rival MRI.

~60s

Full-body scan time

1/10

Claimed cost vs MRI

60×

Faster than MRI (claimed)

Speed claim, drawn to scale

Each block represents the same unit of scan duration — the Scanner claims to do in 1 unit what MRI takes 60.

1×

Scanner
~60s

60×

Conventional
MRI

Imaging method

Ultrasound + water only — no radiation, no strong magnetic fields.

2031 deployment goal

50,000 units worldwide · 1 billion scans per month.

The technology behind it

Butterfly Network
ultrasound-on-chip → 5-yr exclusive license
$15M upfront + $10M/yr → Midjourney AI + compute
terabyte/s reconstruction

First deployment: 9–10 units at the "Midjourney Spa" in San Francisco's Union Square, opening late 2027 — alongside hot tubs, saunas and cold plunges.

The promise

Full-body imaging — once burdened by cost, scheduling and radiation — made as accessible "as easily as a spa."

The caution

No FDA clearance and no diagnostic AI yet. Risk of overdiagnosis from repeat scans on healthy people; clinical value unproven.

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