Merlin: a computed tomography vision–language foundation model and dataset
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Louis Blankemeier
A
Ashwin Kumar
J
Joseph Paul Cohen
J
Jiaming Liu
L
Longchao Liu
D
Dave Van Veen
S
Syed Jamal Safdar Gardezi
H
Hongkun Yu
M
Magdalini Paschali
Z
Zhihong Chen
J
Jean-Benoit Delbrouck
E
Eduardo Reis
R
Robbie Holland
C
Cesar Truyts
C
Christian Bluethgen
Y
Yufu Wu
L
Long Lian
M
Malte Engmann Kjeldskov Jensen
S
Sophie Ostmeier
M
Maya Varma
J
Jeya Maria Jose Valanarasu
Z
Zhongnan Fang
Z
Zepeng Huo
Z
Zaid Nabulsi
D
Diego Ardila
W
Wei-Hung Weng
E
Edson Amaro Junior
N
Neera Ahuja
J
Jason Fries
N
Nigam H. Shah
G
Greg Zaharchuk
M
Marc Willis
A
Adam Yala
A
Andrew Johnston
R
Robert D. Boutin
A
Andrew Wentland
C
Curtis P. Langlotz
J
Jason Hom
S
Sergios Gatidis
A
Akshay S. Chaudhari
Article Details
Journal
Nature
Volume / Issue
Vol. 652, Issue 8112
Published
April 30, 2026
Pages
1318-1328
ISSN
0028-0836
Publisher
Nature Portfolio
Authors (40)
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Louis Blankemeier
A
Ashwin Kumar
J
Joseph Paul Cohen
J
Jiaming Liu
L
Longchao Liu
D
Dave Van Veen
S
Syed Jamal Safdar Gardezi
H
Hongkun Yu
M
Magdalini Paschali
Z
Zhihong Chen
J
Jean-Benoit Delbrouck
E
Eduardo Reis
R
Robbie Holland
C
Cesar Truyts
C
Christian Bluethgen
Y
Yufu Wu
L
Long Lian
M
Malte Engmann Kjeldskov Jensen
S
Sophie Ostmeier
M
Maya Varma
J
Jeya Maria Jose Valanarasu
Z
Zhongnan Fang
Z
Zepeng Huo
Z
Zaid Nabulsi
D
Diego Ardila
W
Wei-Hung Weng
E
Edson Amaro Junior
N
Neera Ahuja
J
Jason Fries
N
Nigam H. Shah
G
Greg Zaharchuk
M
Marc Willis
A
Adam Yala
A
Andrew Johnston
R
Robert D. Boutin
A
Andrew Wentland
C
Curtis P. Langlotz
J
Jason Hom
S
Sergios Gatidis
A
Akshay S. Chaudhari
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