It’s a tough choice whether or not the buzzy Midjourney Medical launch today counts as AINews. Yes, Midjourney is one of the most significant and unique AI labs in the world. No, as David Holz was quick to point out, there’s not even any AI immediately present in the Scanner or Spa. But yes, ultrasound CT imaging obviously needs heavy AI assistance, and unlocks massive new applications downstream as BioHub’s CryoEMs did for ESM. And no, as Hacker News is quick to point out, there are a lot of unsolved questions as to how ready or useful this scanner really is.And yes, that was me in the livestream, which we are transcribing to save you 2 hours. Overall the vibe was electric and inspiring; I sat next to Robert Scoble, who was there at the original iPhone and Tesla (and Google Glass) launches, who agreed that this launch was comparable in ambition; and next to Tanishq Abraham, who, by sheer coincidence, just so happened to tweet out this Nature paper on ultrasound CT:Tanishq Mathew Abraham, Ph.D.@iScienceLuvrThis recent paper is super interesting...
Using ultrasound imaging to generate images of the entire in vivo human cross-section in the abdomen and thighs
Basically trying to do CT/MRI-like imaging but using ultrasound!
