Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
401-02-008 ISMRM Abstract

A Vision-Language Foundation Model for Automated Segmentation of Cardiac Contours in Cine MRI

Primary: Analysis Methods - Foundation Models
Secondary: Analysis Methods - Multi-Modal Learning with LLMs/VLMs
401-02-008 · Foundation Models · Tuesday, 12 May, 8:20 AM–10:10 AM · Hall 1A
Keywords: AI Foundation Model Automated segmentation Vision-language model Cardiac MRI segmentation
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Mingzhen Li 1, Hanyu Su2, Jiaqi Guo1, Lexiaozi Fan3,4, Neda Tavakoli3,4, Santiago López-Tapia1, Aggelos K Katsaggelos1, Daniel Kim3,4,5
1Electrical and Computer Engineering, Northwestern University, Chicago, United States of America
2Statistics and Data Science, Northwestern University, Chicago, United States of America
3Radiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, United States of America
4Department of Radiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, United States of America
5Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, United States of America
Presenting Author: Mingzhen Li

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