Merlin: a computed tomography vision-language foundation model and dataset.

Blankemeier L, Kumar A, Cohen JP, Liu J, Liu L, Van Veen D, Gardezi SJS, Yu H, Paschali M, Chen Z, Delbrouck JB, Reis E, Holland R, Truyts C, Bluethgen C, Wu Y, Lian L, Jensen MEK, Ostmeier S, Varma M, Valanarasu JMJ, Fang Z, Huo Z, Nabulsi Z, Ardila D, Weng WH, Junior EA, Ahuja N, Fries J, Shah NH, Zaharchuk G, Willis M, Yala A, Johnston A, Boutin RD, Wentland A, Langlotz CP, Hom J, Gatidis S, Chaudhari AS

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DOI: 10.1038/s41586-026-10181-8
Published: 2026 Apr
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@article{allodium:10.1038/s41586-026-10181-8,
  title = {Merlin: a computed tomography vision-language foundation model and dataset.},
  author = {Blankemeier L and Kumar A and Cohen JP and Liu J and Liu L and Van Veen D and Gardezi SJS and Yu H and Paschali M and Chen Z and Delbrouck JB and Reis E and Holland R and Truyts C and Bluethgen C and Wu Y and Lian L and Jensen MEK and Ostmeier S and Varma M and Valanarasu JMJ and Fang Z and Huo Z and Nabulsi Z and Ardila D and Weng WH and Junior EA and Ahuja N and Fries J and Shah NH and Zaharchuk G and Willis M and Yala A and Johnston A and Boutin RD and Wentland A and Langlotz CP and Hom J and Gatidis S and Chaudhari AS},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Nature},
  doi = {10.1038/s41586-026-10181-8},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10181-8}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Merlin: a computed tomography vision-language foundation model and dataset.
AU  - Blankemeier L
AU  - Kumar A
AU  - Cohen JP
AU  - Liu J
AU  - Liu L
AU  - Van Veen D
AU  - Gardezi SJS
AU  - Yu H
AU  - Paschali M
AU  - Chen Z
AU  - Delbrouck JB
AU  - Reis E
AU  - Holland R
AU  - Truyts C
AU  - Bluethgen C
AU  - Wu Y
AU  - Lian L
AU  - Jensen MEK
AU  - Ostmeier S
AU  - Varma M
AU  - Valanarasu JMJ
AU  - Fang Z
AU  - Huo Z
AU  - Nabulsi Z
AU  - Ardila D
AU  - Weng WH
AU  - Junior EA
AU  - Ahuja N
AU  - Fries J
AU  - Shah NH
AU  - Zaharchuk G
AU  - Willis M
AU  - Yala A
AU  - Johnston A
AU  - Boutin RD
AU  - Wentland A
AU  - Langlotz CP
AU  - Hom J
AU  - Gatidis S
AU  - Chaudhari AS
PY  - 2026
JO  - Nature
DO  - 10.1038/s41586-026-10181-8
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L, B., A, K., JP, C., J, L., L, L., D, V. V., SJS, G., H, Y., M, P., Z, C., JB, D., E, R., R, H., C, T., C, B., Y, W., L, L., MEK, J., S, O., M, V., JMJ, V., Z, F., Z, H., Z, N., D, A., WH, W., EA, J., N, A., J, F., NH, S., G, Z., M, W., A, Y., A, J., RD, B., A, W., CP, L., J, H., S, G., & AS, C. (2026). Merlin: a computed tomography vision-language foundation model and dataset.. Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10181-8

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