A resurfaced post shows Midjourney co-founder David Holz proposed launching a biomedical imaging division to reduce scan false positives
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A March 2024 tweet from Midjourney co-founder David Holz floated the idea of a biomedical imaging division focused on cutting false positives during routine cancer scans. That old post resurfaced just as the company announced Midjourney Medical in June 2026 along with a full-body ultrasonic CT scanner designed for quick, radiation-free imaging.
Sound waves power the new scanner hardware
The device uses roughly half a million ultrasound transducers to capture detailed 3D views of muscles, organs, and bones in about sixty seconds, aiming for image quality comparable to MRI in many cases while avoiding radiation or strong magnets.
Timeline and real-world rollout stay open
A first scanning center is slated for San Francisco in 2027, yet details on pricing, regulatory clearance, clinical validation for cancer screening, or any explicit tie back to the original 2024 proposal are still missing from public announcements.
Positive users praise Midjourney's proposed biomedical imaging division for the founder's foresight in tackling hard problems, while negative users worry about false positives in medical contexts and vague planning.
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what did he know
@willdepue tbh i want to open up a biomedical imaging division at midjourney to work on stuff like this
@willdepue tbh i want to open up a biomedical imaging division at midjourney to work on stuff like this
@deedydas im a pretty open guy 😅
@deedydas I think they should rebrand to medjourney now
@deedydas yeah their website even hinted at more projects especially in hardware
@sugarbets_ @deedydas im pretty optimistic! there are definitely limitations but also serious unique advantages and untapped potential which is very allowed by physics and modern compute
@DavidSHolz @deedydas How do you take the very real criticisms about ultrasound in general? Are those being addressed?
@DavidSHolz @deedydas I’m floored by the technology, but also pretty persuaded by, “it can’t work through bone or air” arguments the current operators are raising.
So my question is more specific to the traditional Ultrasound limitations.
@DavidSHolz @deedydas I know the first location is going to be in SF, but I want to make the case that Austin makes perfect sense for the 2nd one.
A rapidly growing Bio & Health ecosystem, wellness/longevity are taking, & we understand its not just the tech, but you need to build full stack company.
@Scribblemadman @deedydas considering you don’t know how to read I think I’ll trust the guy that started the unicorn
yes, statistically false positives don’t matter if you test multiple times
it’s just statistics, midwit
@DavidSHolz @deedydas You are also a pretty anthro guy
@DavidSHolz @willdepue godspeed
@deedydas We should all be scanning the timeline.
@DavidSHolz @willdepue this is awesome
@deedydas @deedydas from Midjourney to Medjourney !
@deedydas You could say he was in the middle of his own journey this entire time.
@deedydas How interesting, I wish for him to succeed
@sugarbets_ @deedydas penetration through various substances is very dependent on frequency, there's a big range of behaviors between 100 khz and 10 mhz
@DavidSHolz @willdepue thank you for pulling through
@deedydas 2 years in public, 24 hours as a headline. the announcement was the PR, not the direction.