A U-Net Transformer for magnetic resonance elastography
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Authors
- Matthew W. Urban (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1360-4287)
- Hadi Meidani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4651-2696)
- Weiheng Zhong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7902-3568)
Institutions
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
- Mayo Clinic in Arizona (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery
- Published
- 2026-09-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11548-026-03790-1
- Primary Topic
- Ultrasound Imaging and Elastography
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00