Huge congratulations to Professor Simon Cherry on receiving the European Society for Molecular Imaging’s highest honour for his pioneering work in total‑body PET imaging. Image courtesy of the European Society of Molecular Imaging.

We’re pleased to share that Professor @timwitney.bsky.social has been elected President of the European Society for Molecular Imaging (ESMI). This appointment recognises his impactful contributions to the field and longstanding leadership in the global molecular imaging community. Congratulations!

Exciting research milestone from the Witney Lab! A team led by Professor @timwitney.bsky.social has developed a novel imaging tracer that reveals how tumours use fats to fuel their growth. The study has been selected as the cover article for Advanced Science, a high‑impact, open‑access journal.

New imaging tracer reveals how tumours use fat to grow | King's College London

Professor Tim Witney’s recent paper introduces a brand-new imaging tracer that looks at how tumours use fats to fuel their growth.

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🌍 #WorldCancerDay Research Spotlight Scientists are developing a range of cancer treatments; however, sometimes these treatments don’t work or can stop working, and it can take time for current scans to show this. That delay can impact the options available to patients.

A King’s researcher walks into a comedy bar...and discovers stand-up's hidden structures 👇

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🎤Stand‑up comedy might seem improvised, but the science says otherwise. New research analysing performances by well‑known comedians, including Sara Pascoe, reveals that stand‑up shows are far more structured than they might first appear. www.kcl.ac.uk/news/the-sci...

Congratulations to Amelia Moore, Glen Blake and Gary Cook, who have been awarded £42,949 for their project titled ‘Development of an improved method of measuring total body bone perfusion using total-body PET/CT’.

We’re thrilled to announce that our Hospital of the Future exhibit was voted the most popular feature at #NewScientistLive2025, marking our fourth consecutive year of public recognition! 🏆 www.kcl.ac.uk/news/hospita... @newscientist.com

Do you want to make a difference in digital advancements of healthcare? Applications now open for the Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Digital Twins for Healthcare! 🏥 - apply before 10 February 2026! Learn more: www.kcl.ac.uk/study-legacy...

A PhD group who launched a spinout to improve surgeon training have won a national competition. Speaking to @reuters.com, the @kings-bmeis.bsky.social group explained how they developed medical-training models that make medical training more realistic & affordable. www.reuters.com/video/watch/...

Congratulations to PEACH Simulators for winning the Enterprise Award and Startup prize at the ESBF ‘Champion of Champions’ competition 🍑 Read more about their award-winning innovation here: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-t... 🎉

We asked our Engineers how their work relates to this year's theme of 're-engineering engineering' at King’s – and here’s what musician and engineer Professor Elaine Chew and anthroengineer Dr Michael Berthaume had to say!

Happy #NationalEngineeringDay 🚀 We're proud to be a University partner with the @raeng.org.uk This is Engineering and National Engineering Day 2025!

What drives innovation—design, luck, or both? Join Dr David Cleevely CBE at the London Institute for Healthcare Engineering for a dynamic book discussion on Serendipity. Explore how breakthroughs happen and get your copy signed by the author himself! www.kcl.ac.uk/events/seren...

Serendipity: It Doesn’t Happen by Accident | King's College London

What drives great innovation – design, luck or both? Find out through an inspiring book discussion with Dr David Cleevely CBE at the London Institute for Healthcare Engineering

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School spinout Fraiya launches NHS trial of AI pregnancy ultrasounds after securing a grant from @nihr.bsky.social and CE Marking Read more: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/fraiya-...

Fraiya launches landmark NHS trial of AI-enabled pregnancy ultrasounds | King's College London

Fraiya, a UK-based femtech startup transforming pregnancy ultrasound with AI, has announced a pivotal set of milestones, including NHS clinical evaluation, regulatory approval and pre-seed round, sign...

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@skincair-project.bsky.social is creating an AI app to help frontline health workers in sub-Saharan Africa diagnose tropical skin diseases. Prof @atoandy.bsky.social and team at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social are proud to lead on fairness and explainability of AI, ensuring the tech benefits all.

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Meet the ✨SkincAIr partners✨ @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social - Explainability and Fairness of the AI Models Leader. 🔸Ensures the SkincAIr #AImodels are not only accurate, but also fair, transparent, and trustworthy for real-world deployment. #MeetTheTeam #health #Skin #NTDs

🗓️ Sept 7 is World Radiotherapy Awareness Day(WRAD). To mark #WorldRTDay we’re proud to share a moving collection of artwork created by patients, families, researchers, and healthcare professionals as part of the What Does Radiotherapy Mean to You? project, led by @cruk-rrc-col.bsky.social

CRUK Radiation Research City of London Centre @cruk-rrc-col.bsky.social · 12mo ago

To mark #WorldRTDay, we’re sharing artworks from our "What Does Radiotherapy Mean to You?" project created by patients, loved ones & professionals reflecting on their radiotherapy journeys. Trigger warning: These pieces include themes of cancer & radiotherapy treatment. #OneVoiceForRadiotherapy

At the #ESCCongress 2025, Prof. @pablolamata.bsky.social (@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social) shared his vision of how computational models and #digitaltwins can transform procedure planning. Video-interview with PD Dr. Philipp Breitbart ➡️herzmedizin.de/fuer-... #Herzmedizinde #DGK

Prof P. Lamata about the digital twin

ESC 2025 | Prof P. Lamata about AI-enhanced periprocedural guidance – the digital twin. Interview with PD Dr P. Breitbart.

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A new study has found that AI can help identify the cells that are interfering with the heart’s rhythm and could potentially be used by clinicians to better treat people with ventricular tachycardia 🫀🧪 www.kcl.ac.uk/news/ai-tool...

AI tool helps pinpoint problem heart cells in ventricular tachycardia

An AI tool could help cardiologists identify and target cells that trigger arrhythmia in patients with ventricular tachycardia, a serious heart condition.

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New device aims to increase MRI scan quality and reduce repeated scans, saving money for the NHS. Developed by David Carmichael and team, the MR MinMo aims to keep the head more stable during MRI scans and has received approval to be tested in the clinic. www.kcl.ac.uk/news/new-hea...

New head stabilisation device aims to improve MRI image quality

A device developed by researchers at the School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences that aims to keep the head more stable in brain MRIs has been given the go-ahead to be tested in the clinic...

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In a major leap for surgical AI, researchers from @King’s College London and Tongji University have unveiled CholecInstanceSeg, the largest open-access dataset designed specifically for tool instance segmentation in laparoscopic surgery. www.kcl.ac.uk/news/new-ai-...

New AI dataset aims to revolutionise computer assisted surgery

In a major leap for surgical AI, researchers from King’s College London and Tongji University have unveiled CholecInstanceSeg, the largest open-access dataset designed specifically for tool instance s...

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Artificial intelligence joins scientists in the lab in a groundbreaking team-up to find new cancer therapies using existing drugs. www.kcl.ac.uk/news/ai-help...

AI Helps Discover Surprising Drug Combos for Breast Cancer Treatment

Artificial intelligence joins scientists in the lab in a groundbreaking team-up to find new cancer therapies using existing drugs.

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Attend the King's Health Partners: Academic Surgical Grand Round! The upcoming Grand Round will focus on "Value in digital health, AI and robotics: evidence and perceptions". 📆 2-3pm Thu 29 May 📍London Institute for Healthcare Engineering ✅ Register now: www.tickettailor.com/events/khpac...

The KHP Digital Health Academy are now offering multiple asynchronous courses ranging from Data Science and AI to Co-design and Entrepreneurship in Digital health. View the website to find out about our offerings and updates: digitalhealthtraining.kcl.ac.uk

A team of researchers from the School have been awarded funding from the British Heart Foundation to develop imaging tests that detect early damage to the heart caused by off-tagert cancer therapies. 🫀 www.kcl.ac.uk/news/new-fun...

New funding to detect heart disease in cancer patients

A team of researchers led by Dr Richard Southworth of King’s College London have been awarded funding from the British Heart Foundation to develop imaging tests that detect early damage to the heart c...

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@kings-bmeis.bsky.social is the best place in the world I know in terms of a multi-disciplinary, multi-cultural, inclusive, open and collaborative research culture.

🤖 As AI continues to integrate into healthcare systems, a new study conducted by researchers at the School has found that most people support AI’s role in medicine, but draw a clear line: AI should assist, but not replace doctors. Read more: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/doctors...

Doctors stay, AI assists - new study examines public perceptions of AI in healthcare

A new study conducted by researchers at the School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences published in BJR | Artificial Intelligence, has found that most people support AI’s role in medicine, b...

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📣 Register now for our Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance course 📣 Covering the basic principles of CMR, its clinical indications and role in a multi-modality imaging environment. ⏰ Application deadline: 22 April 2025 📍 King's College London www.kcl.ac.uk/short-course...

🏥 King's College London is the first in the UK to benefit from two Biograph Vision Quadra systems from Siemens Healthineers, marking a new era of PET-CT imaging for healthcare and research. Read more: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-f... @kingslsm.bsky.social

King's first to benefit from two whole-body PET-CT imaging systems

King’s College London is the first in the UK to benefit from two Biograph Vision Quadra systems from Siemens Healthineers, marking a new era of PET-CT. This crucial, non-invasive imaging technique can...

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Researchers from the School, lead by Dr Konrad Wagstyl, have developed an artificial-intelligence tool that can detect two-thirds of epilepsy brain lesions doctors often miss. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk

Scientists have developed an AI-powered tool that detects 64% of brain abnormalities linked to epilepsy that human radiologists miss. MELD Graph is an AI tool that could drastically change the care for 4 million patients. @kingslsm.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk. www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-n...

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