RetinalGPT: A Retinal Clinical Preference Conversational Assistant Powered by Large Vision-Language Models

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Autori principali: Zhu, Wenhui, Li, Xin, Chen, Xiwen, Qiu, Peijie, Vasa, Vamsi Krishna, Dong, Xuanzhao, Chen, Yanxi, Lepore, Natasha, Dumitrascu, Oana, Su, Yi, Wang, Yalin
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author Zhu, Wenhui
Li, Xin
Chen, Xiwen
Qiu, Peijie
Vasa, Vamsi Krishna
Dong, Xuanzhao
Chen, Yanxi
Lepore, Natasha
Dumitrascu, Oana
Su, Yi
Wang, Yalin
author_facet Zhu, Wenhui
Li, Xin
Chen, Xiwen
Qiu, Peijie
Vasa, Vamsi Krishna
Dong, Xuanzhao
Chen, Yanxi
Lepore, Natasha
Dumitrascu, Oana
Su, Yi
Wang, Yalin
contents Recently, Multimodal Large Language Models (MLLMs) have gained significant attention for their remarkable ability to process and analyze non-textual data, such as images, videos, and audio. Notably, several adaptations of general-domain MLLMs to the medical field have been explored, including LLaVA-Med. However, these medical adaptations remain insufficiently advanced in understanding and interpreting retinal images. In contrast, medical experts emphasize the importance of quantitative analyses for disease detection and interpretation. This underscores a gap between general-domain and medical-domain MLLMs: while general-domain MLLMs excel in broad applications, they lack the specialized knowledge necessary for precise diagnostic and interpretative tasks in the medical field. To address these challenges, we introduce \textit{RetinalGPT}, a multimodal conversational assistant for clinically preferred quantitative analysis of retinal images. Specifically, we achieve this by compiling a large retinal image dataset, developing a novel data pipeline, and employing customized visual instruction tuning to enhance both retinal analysis and enrich medical knowledge. In particular, RetinalGPT outperforms MLLM in the generic domain by a large margin in the diagnosis of retinal diseases in 8 benchmark retinal datasets. Beyond disease diagnosis, RetinalGPT features quantitative analyses and lesion localization, representing a pioneering step in leveraging LLMs for an interpretable and end-to-end clinical research framework. The code is available at https://github.com/Retinal-Research/RetinalGPT
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spellingShingle RetinalGPT: A Retinal Clinical Preference Conversational Assistant Powered by Large Vision-Language Models
Zhu, Wenhui
Li, Xin
Chen, Xiwen
Qiu, Peijie
Vasa, Vamsi Krishna
Dong, Xuanzhao
Chen, Yanxi
Lepore, Natasha
Dumitrascu, Oana
Su, Yi
Wang, Yalin
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Artificial Intelligence
Computation and Language
Machine Learning
Recently, Multimodal Large Language Models (MLLMs) have gained significant attention for their remarkable ability to process and analyze non-textual data, such as images, videos, and audio. Notably, several adaptations of general-domain MLLMs to the medical field have been explored, including LLaVA-Med. However, these medical adaptations remain insufficiently advanced in understanding and interpreting retinal images. In contrast, medical experts emphasize the importance of quantitative analyses for disease detection and interpretation. This underscores a gap between general-domain and medical-domain MLLMs: while general-domain MLLMs excel in broad applications, they lack the specialized knowledge necessary for precise diagnostic and interpretative tasks in the medical field. To address these challenges, we introduce \textit{RetinalGPT}, a multimodal conversational assistant for clinically preferred quantitative analysis of retinal images. Specifically, we achieve this by compiling a large retinal image dataset, developing a novel data pipeline, and employing customized visual instruction tuning to enhance both retinal analysis and enrich medical knowledge. In particular, RetinalGPT outperforms MLLM in the generic domain by a large margin in the diagnosis of retinal diseases in 8 benchmark retinal datasets. Beyond disease diagnosis, RetinalGPT features quantitative analyses and lesion localization, representing a pioneering step in leveraging LLMs for an interpretable and end-to-end clinical research framework. The code is available at https://github.com/Retinal-Research/RetinalGPT
title RetinalGPT: A Retinal Clinical Preference Conversational Assistant Powered by Large Vision-Language Models
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Artificial Intelligence
Computation and Language
Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.03987