Accepted in Nature

July 2026, We are absolutely excited to share that our paper is accepted for publication in Nature Biomedical Engineering (impact factor 26). We will share link to the publishe version here. Preprint is available at

Foundation Models in Biomedical Imaging: Turning Hype into Reality

Authors:

• Amgad Muneer, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA
• Kai Zhang, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA
• Ibraheem Hamdi, McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics, UTHealth Houston, USA
• Rizwan Qureshi, Salim Habib University, Karachi, Pakistan
• Muhammad Waqas, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA
• Shereen Fouad, Aston Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research and Application, Aston University, United Kingdom
• Hazrat Ali, University of Stirling, United Kingdom
• Syed Muhammad Anwar, Children’s National Hospital, Washington, USA
• Jia Wu, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA

How to cite:

Amgad Muneer, et al., 2026, Foundation Models in Biomedical Imaging: Turning Hype into Reality, Nature Biomed Engg., 2026. —