Tom Calloway

Head of Medical @ Midjourney

[Tom Calloway @ThomasCalloway]

@MerkelTech @marcinplaz This first prototype goes down to 0.5 mm XY and an unfortunate 12 mm in Z, but our gen 2 design being built in the coming months is...

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@crislenta @marcinplaz https://t.co/uvb2mlYnbn

[Marcin Plaza @marcinplaz]

I watched the Midjourney scanner get built from my desk; here's a look behind the scenes

[Tom Calloway @ThomasCalloway]

@DrPhiltill Great post.

[Tom Calloway @ThomasCalloway]

@catto014 @midjourney Maybe start with https://t.co/G3KLSsfntV!

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@TheCosmicMuffet @midjourney We are launching in "read only" mode for maximum safety body composition analysis. The physics and biology tells us that the technological potential of USCT is incredible though, yeah.

[Tom Calloway @ThomasCalloway]

@Loran58082375 @midjourney You need to hold your breath for several seconds to scan the head, so we aren't really doing that right now. I hope that post-singularity your bathtub will do this. I want to make a round soaking tub version and ship them everywhere right now but the technology isn't there yet

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@GeryPollet @midjourney Water is the coupling medium for the ultrasonic waves. Attenuation and scattering are super high in air. Same reason that gel is applied when traditional ultrasound is used in hospitals

[Tom Calloway @ThomasCalloway]

@Poplinecreation @midjourney It does, though we are just doing body composition at launch. Lots and lots of testing to do before we can do anything more for consumers.

[Tom Calloway @ThomasCalloway]

@zmzlois @midjourney This is Ultrasound CT and we have 768 GB of VRAM in the scanner just to keep the machine running. Much of the processing is done on our remote servers.

[Tom Calloway @ThomasCalloway]

It'll be somewhere around 7 minutes when the spa opens ~18 months from now with our Gen 2 design and 1 minute when our new ultrasound chips come out of Taiwan in 2029. We compensate for movement as much as we can (mostly needed for 3d). 70cm is modern MRI diameter - wider is more expensive and less accurate, so tradeoffs

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@OpusObscuraX @midjourney We aren't there yet but thank you. Let's keep up on the midjourney medical discord if you like

[Tom Calloway @ThomasCalloway]

@kenwshew1 @midjourney We are developing the full hardware and software stack. First brick and mortar flagship spa with 9 scanners opens by the end of 2027

[Tom Calloway @ThomasCalloway]

@withhimu @midjourney Join our midjourney medical discord or apply for a job. All at https://t.co/oFvLSygYJR

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@JoshMeyer @midjourney Felt like the ghost in the shell movie from the 90s to me when our founder David was filming that. Same feeling whenever I get scanned myself with the proposed lighting schemes. Surreal!

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@tbuzzdaily @midjourney We are running IRB approved human trials right now and will continue to ramp those up. Going well so far, but lots of improvements to make / work still to do.

[Tom Calloway @ThomasCalloway]

@fuulu92 @midjourney Studies involving we think many thousands of participants at a minimum are required and then awaiting FDA review and feedback. We're just planning to launch detailed body composition maps and analysis for general wellness next year though

[Tom Calloway @ThomasCalloway]

@pareshmehta48 @midjourney Exisisting imaging modalities should remain in place as they all have their strengths and weaknesses. We hope it could be "human civilization altering" level tech long-term though

[Tom Calloway @ThomasCalloway]

@spauxe @midjourney We want to support both walk-ins and subscriptions. We'll try out different models in the flagship spa and see what works for people. We'll do some polls ahead of time to see what the community prefers too

[Tom Calloway @ThomasCalloway]

@ralphtheodori @midjourney Join our discord and / or apply to work with us! The laws exist for a reason, though few of them exist just to "go faster" ofc