New Service — First Look MRI

Your brain volume
precisely measured

Quantitative MRI volumetry measures the size of your key brain structures and provides a structured report, comparing your measurements to age and sex matched controls. You can use the baseline exam to track change over time.

Schedule an MRI scan or full body package

Add a brain volume analysis to an MRI of the brain,
whole body scan, or neuro package.

10+
Brain structures measured & reported
0
Radiation, injections, or contrast required
< 24 hrs
Typical report turnaround after your scan
What we offer

More than a routine brain MRI

Standard scans describe what radiologists see. Brain Health Analysis quantifies it — turning your MRI data into precise, reproducible numbers you and your physician can actually work with.

Quantitative, not just descriptive

We measure actual volumes in cubic centimetres, corrected for head size. Real numbers, not impressions — reproducible from one scan to the next using the same validated pipeline.

Measured

A baseline you can track

The most reliable measurement is how your brain changes compared to itself. A baseline scan today gives you something to measure against in years to come.

Longitudinal

Context for your physician

Your volumes are compared against age- and sex-matched healthy adults from our reference cohort, giving your physician structured data to review alongside your clinical picture.

Reference-matched
Structures analysed

What we measure in your brain

Every scan analyses the following structures, each with established relevance in neuroimaging research.

Hippocampus

Left and right hippocampal volumes. This region is central to memory and is extensively studied in research on age-related cognitive change.

Measured

Lateral ventricles

Fluid-filled chambers whose volume reflects changes in surrounding brain tissue — a sensitive and widely reported volumetric measure.

Measured

Amygdala

Left and right amygdala volumes. Part of the medial temporal lobe, closely connected anatomically and functionally to the hippocampus.

Measured

Thalamus

The brain's central relay for sensory and motor signals. Thalamic volume is a standard reported measurement in structural brain MRI.

Measured

Total brain volume

Overall brain tissue volume, corrected for head size — a summary measure that complements the individual structural volumes above.

Measured

Cerebellum & white matter

Cerebellar volume and total white matter volume, two additional standard measurements included in every report.

Measured
The process

Three steps to your report

From scan to report in under 24 hours, using a standardised, reproducible analysis pipeline.

1

Your MRI scan

A standard 3D T1 brain MRI is acquired — the same sequence used in routine clinical imaging. No injections, no radiation. The brain scan itself takes approximately 6 minutes.

2

Automated volumetric analysis

Your scan is processed through a validated, peer-reviewed segmentation pipeline (FreeSurfer) that labels and measures the major brain structures. Each volume is corrected for head size, then compared against our reference cohort of 581 cognitively healthy adults, stratified by age and sex.

3

Your personalised report

You receive a clear, illustrated PDF showing your volumes, reference-cohort percentiles, and plain-language descriptions for each structure. If you return for a follow-up scan, your new volumes are compared directly to your own previous measurements.

The most reliable measurement

Your own brain, compared to itself

Percentiles tell you where you stand relative to a reference group. But the most precise measurement we can offer is change over time — your own brain as its own baseline.

Why longitudinal tracking matters

Comparing a single scan to a population is informative, but every brain is different. Comparing your brain today to your brain in two or five years removes that variability entirely.

Because we use the same validated pipeline, the same sequence, and the same measurement methodology on every scan, repeat measurements are directly comparable. A small percentage change in your hippocampal volume over two years is a far more precise signal than a single percentile rank.

A baseline scan today is a data point you can refer back to for the rest of your life.

Sample longitudinal result
Left hippocampus, 3 timepoints
3.4 3.2 3.0 2024 2026 2028
2024 baseline3.35 cm³
2026 follow-up3.28 cm³
2028 follow-up3.18 cm³
Example only — illustrative data
Sample report

What your results look like

Each report shows your volumes alongside visual percentile bars — so you and your physician can see at a glance where your measurements fall relative to our reference cohort of healthy adults.

First Look MRI — Brain Health Analysis
Jane Smith
Age 64  ·  Female  ·  Scan date: 14 Apr 2026
Within reference range
Left hippocampus3.12 cm³  ·  42nd percentile
025th50th75th100
Right hippocampus3.08 cm³  ·  39th percentile
025th50th75th100
Lateral ventricles41.2 cm³  ·  61st percentile
025th50th75th100
Total brain volume1,124 cm³  ·  48th percentile
025th50th75th100

All volumes are corrected for intracranial volume and compared against age- and sex-matched healthy adults from our reference cohort of 581 cognitively healthy subjects. Percentiles describe where your measurement falls within this reference group and are not a diagnostic assessment.

About our reference cohort

Transparent about what we know — and what we don't

Honest reporting on the reference data behind your percentiles, what it can tell you, and where it has limits.

581
Reference subjects
Healthy
Cognitively screened
Age & sex
Stratified

What our percentiles are based on

Our current reference dataset comprises 581 cognitively healthy adults from an English research cohort. Volumes are stratified by age decade and sex to produce your percentile comparisons. This is a solid starting point for contextualising your measurements, but it is a single-cohort reference — and we think you should know what that means.

  • Percentile estimates are most reliable where the reference cohort has strongest coverage, and less reliable at the extremes of the age range.
  • A single-cohort reference is a starting point, not an endpoint. We are actively working on expanding to a multi-cohort, cross-site harmonised reference framework to improve precision across diverse populations and scanners.
  • For these reasons, we emphasise longitudinal tracking — your own brain compared to itself over time — as the most precise measurement we can offer.
  • Your measurements themselves (the raw volumes in cubic centimetres) are derived from FreeSurfer, a widely published, peer-reviewed segmentation tool used in thousands of neuroimaging studies. Those numbers are reproducible independent of the reference cohort.
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Add a brain health analysis to your MRI brain or whole body scan. Results are typically available within 24 hours of your appointment.

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Brain Health Analysis provides quantitative measurements to support your physician's clinical interpretation and cannot diagnose Alzheimer's disease, dementia, or any other condition. Results should be reviewed with your physician alongside your full clinical picture. Intended for adults aged 30 and above.