Largest-Ever Medical Imaging Study Launches In The UK

MRI images like this one might help researchers learn about organs before disease sets in, which could help them discover new treatments and prevention tactics. Doctors have found lots of ways to see right through you. Now a team of researchers throughout the United Kingdom will be doing a lot of that--they are kicking off the world's largest imaging study. The scientists, who are affiliated with the UK nonprofit Biobank, intend to capture images of the brains, hearts, bones, and arteries of 100,000 patients, with the help of MRIs, X-rays, and ultrasounds. By combining those images with other types of lifestyle and health data that the researchers have spent the past decade collecting, the researchers hope to better understand how to prevent and treat disease.