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AI-Generated Synthetic STIR of the Lumbar Spine from T1 and T2 MRI Sequences Trained with Open-Source Algorithms

Alice M.L. Santilli, Mark A. Fontana, Erwin E. Xia, Zenas Igbinoba, Ek Tsoon Tan, Darryl B. Sneag and J. Levi Chazen
American Journal of Neuroradiology March 2025, 46 (3) 552-558; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A8512
Alice M.L. Santilli
aFrom the Orthopedic Data Innovation Lab (ODIL) (A.M.L.S., M.A.F.), Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York
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Mark A. Fontana
aFrom the Orthopedic Data Innovation Lab (ODIL) (A.M.L.S., M.A.F.), Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York
cDepartment of Population Health Sciences (M.A.F.), Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York
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Erwin E. Xia
bDepartment of Radiology and Imaging (E.E.X., Z.I., E.T.T., D.B.S., J.L.C.), Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York
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Zenas Igbinoba
bDepartment of Radiology and Imaging (E.E.X., Z.I., E.T.T., D.B.S., J.L.C.), Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York
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Ek Tsoon Tan
bDepartment of Radiology and Imaging (E.E.X., Z.I., E.T.T., D.B.S., J.L.C.), Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York
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Darryl B. Sneag
bDepartment of Radiology and Imaging (E.E.X., Z.I., E.T.T., D.B.S., J.L.C.), Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York
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J. Levi Chazen
bDepartment of Radiology and Imaging (E.E.X., Z.I., E.T.T., D.B.S., J.L.C.), Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York
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Alice M.L. Santilli, Mark A. Fontana, Erwin E. Xia, Zenas Igbinoba, Ek Tsoon Tan, Darryl B. Sneag, J. Levi Chazen
AI-Generated Synthetic STIR of the Lumbar Spine from T1 and T2 MRI Sequences Trained with Open-Source Algorithms
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