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Recycling brain scans with AI

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An artificial intelligence-based tool can turn low-resolution clinical MRI scans into high-resolution 3D objects suitable for research studies. The new approach opens up the possibility of secondary analysis of large clinical MRI datasets to answer disease-relevant questions, although further work to automate scan annotation will be required.

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The author acknowledges the contributions of V. Garibotto and M. Pievani, who revised and commented on a draft of the manuscript.

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    Giovanni B. Frisoni

  2. Department of Rehabilitation and Geriatrics, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

    Giovanni B. Frisoni

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Frisoni, G.B. Recycling brain scans with AI. Nat Rev Neurol 19, 327–328 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41582-023-00799-x

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