Merlin: a computed tomography vision–language foundation model and dataset

L 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

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ISSN: 0028-0836 Health Sciences

Authors (40)

L

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