Overview

• AI tools trained on the imaging dataset are already deployed in NHS memory clinics for dementia diagnosis and in over 90 countries for rapid heart scan analysis.
• Each volunteer’s five-hour appointment generated about 12,000 scans—from brain MRIs to bone density X-rays—revealing early markers of conditions like cancer, dementia and cardiovascular disease.
• Imaging data are linked with 15 years of genetic, medical history and lifestyle information from UK Biobank’s half-million-person cohort for comprehensive studies of ageing and disease development.
• All scans are anonymized and provided through the secure UK Biobank Research Analysis Platform to vetted researchers, ensuring strict privacy protections for participants.
• UK Biobank has launched a second phase to re-scan 60,000 participants over the next four years, enabling longitudinal tracking of biological changes and advancing predictive medicine