Alibaba open-sources medical AI model that can detect cancer and nearly 150 conditions
Summary
Alibaba's Damo Academy open-sources Damo Radar, a vision-language AI that reads CT scans to identify nearly 150 abdominal conditions, including cancers. In testing on about 40,000 real-world exams it achieved an AUC of 0.913, suggesting strong performance and potential broader use in medical imaging. The team envisions extending the approach to other imaging modalities, though clinical validation and regulatory considerations remain.