School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences

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.

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.

Proud to highlight the work of Professor Tim Witney and his team at Nuclide Therapeutics whose research in molecular imaging is helping drive more precise cancer detection and treatment—crucial progress to recognise on #WorldCancerDay.

Dr Amy Sharkey, a Radiology Registrar completing a PhD in our School, is working on a clinical study using a new type of PET scan tracer that could change this 👇

🌍 #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 👇

Funded by NPIP, the project's aims include:

🦴 Developing a total-body PET bone blood flow measurement
🔹 Developing new scanning protocols
🟢 Reducing radiation exposure by lowering tracer dose
🫀 Imaging the heart, which will eliminate the need to take blood samples for quantitative analysis

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’.

A huge thank you to the 135 staff and student volunteers who shared their biomedical engineering research, experiences and journeys with visitors. Their knowledge and enthusiasm are what makes our stand so special ✨

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! 🏆

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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...

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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.

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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!

This is Engineering | This is Engineering Find out about how to get a career in engineering and what it is like to be an engineer.

Get involved by:

📖 Reading the 'This is Engineering' AI-Z of Engineering to explore the current era of Engineering: thisisengineering.org.uk/ai-z-of-engi...

🧠 Learning more about biomedical engineering at King’s: www.kcl.ac.uk/bmeis

How does your work re-engineer engineering?

When you picture an engineer, do you imagine someone with a spanner and a hard hat or someone building AI models that decode brain tumours?

We asked our biomedical engineers how their work relates to this year's theme of 're-engineering engineering' – and here’s what they 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!

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

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...

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...

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-...

@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.

🗓️ 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

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.

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
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#Herzmedizinde #DGK

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.

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...

Hi Erik, we'd love to join the Science feed! We sit within the Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine at King's College London, and our research covers all things biomedical engineering and imaging. Thanks! 🧪

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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...

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 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...

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-...

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.

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...

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

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...

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...

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