Alibaba open-sources Damo Radar, a CT model that detects cancer and ~150 conditions

Alibaba open-sources AI model that can detect cancer and nearly 150 conditions

Alibaba's Damo Academy open-sourced Damo Radar, a vision-language model that reads abdominal contrast-enhanced CT scans. It covers 18 organs and identifies nearly 150 conditions including cancers. Tested on ~40,000 real-world exams, it hit an average AUC of 0.913. In a head-to-head with 26 radiologists, it outperformed 23 of them. With the model's help, radiologists cut missed diagnoses by 10% and reading time by over 30%. The study is in Science. The post doesn't disclose the open-source license, model size, or inference latency, so real-world cost is still unclear.

Why it matters: Alibaba Damo Academy open-sourced a medical imaging model covering 18 organs and ~150 conditions, backed by a Science paper and ~40k real-world exams. It beat most radiologists on accuracy. Hits all three HKR axes hard. Not scoring 85+ because the open-source license isn't dis...