VisionUnite: A Vision-Language Foundation Model for Ophthalmology Enhanced with Clinical Knowledge

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Autores principales: Li, Zihan, Song, Diping, Yang, Zefeng, Wang, Deming, Li, Fei, Zhang, Xiulan, Kinahan, Paul E., Qiao, Yu
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author Li, Zihan
Song, Diping
Yang, Zefeng
Wang, Deming
Li, Fei
Zhang, Xiulan
Kinahan, Paul E.
Qiao, Yu
author_facet Li, Zihan
Song, Diping
Yang, Zefeng
Wang, Deming
Li, Fei
Zhang, Xiulan
Kinahan, Paul E.
Qiao, Yu
contents The need for improved diagnostic methods in ophthalmology is acute, especially in the underdeveloped regions with limited access to specialists and advanced equipment. Therefore, we introduce VisionUnite, a novel vision-language foundation model for ophthalmology enhanced with clinical knowledge. VisionUnite has been pretrained on an extensive dataset comprising 1.24 million image-text pairs, and further refined using our proposed MMFundus dataset, which includes 296,379 high-quality fundus image-text pairs and 889,137 simulated doctor-patient dialogue instances. Our experiments indicate that VisionUnite outperforms existing generative foundation models such as GPT-4V and Gemini Pro. It also demonstrates diagnostic capabilities comparable to junior ophthalmologists. VisionUnite performs well in various clinical scenarios including open-ended multi-disease diagnosis, clinical explanation, and patient interaction, making it a highly versatile tool for initial ophthalmic disease screening. VisionUnite can also serve as an educational aid for junior ophthalmologists, accelerating their acquisition of knowledge regarding both common and underrepresented ophthalmic conditions. VisionUnite represents a significant advancement in ophthalmology, with broad implications for diagnostics, medical education, and understanding of disease mechanisms. The source code is at https://github.com/HUANGLIZI/VisionUnite.
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spellingShingle VisionUnite: A Vision-Language Foundation Model for Ophthalmology Enhanced with Clinical Knowledge
Li, Zihan
Song, Diping
Yang, Zefeng
Wang, Deming
Li, Fei
Zhang, Xiulan
Kinahan, Paul E.
Qiao, Yu
Image and Video Processing
Artificial Intelligence
Computation and Language
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
The need for improved diagnostic methods in ophthalmology is acute, especially in the underdeveloped regions with limited access to specialists and advanced equipment. Therefore, we introduce VisionUnite, a novel vision-language foundation model for ophthalmology enhanced with clinical knowledge. VisionUnite has been pretrained on an extensive dataset comprising 1.24 million image-text pairs, and further refined using our proposed MMFundus dataset, which includes 296,379 high-quality fundus image-text pairs and 889,137 simulated doctor-patient dialogue instances. Our experiments indicate that VisionUnite outperforms existing generative foundation models such as GPT-4V and Gemini Pro. It also demonstrates diagnostic capabilities comparable to junior ophthalmologists. VisionUnite performs well in various clinical scenarios including open-ended multi-disease diagnosis, clinical explanation, and patient interaction, making it a highly versatile tool for initial ophthalmic disease screening. VisionUnite can also serve as an educational aid for junior ophthalmologists, accelerating their acquisition of knowledge regarding both common and underrepresented ophthalmic conditions. VisionUnite represents a significant advancement in ophthalmology, with broad implications for diagnostics, medical education, and understanding of disease mechanisms. The source code is at https://github.com/HUANGLIZI/VisionUnite.
title VisionUnite: A Vision-Language Foundation Model for Ophthalmology Enhanced with Clinical Knowledge
topic Image and Video Processing
Artificial Intelligence
Computation and Language
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.02865