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author Da Soh, Zhi
Bai, Yang
Yu, Kai
Zhou, Yang
Lei, Xiaofeng
Thakur, Sahil
Lee, Zann
Phang, Lee Ching Linette
Peng, Qingsheng
Xue, Can Can
Chong, Rachel Shujuan
Hoang, Quan V.
Raghavan, Lavanya
Tham, Yih Chung
Sabanayagam, Charumathi
Wu, Wei-Chi
Ho, Ming-Chih
He, Jiangnan
Gupta, Preeti
Lamoureux, Ecosse
Saw, Seang Mei
Nangia, Vinay
Panda-Jonas, Songhomitra
Xu, Jie
Wang, Ya Xing
Xu, Xinxing
Jonas, Jost B.
Wong, Tien Yin
Goh, Rick Siow Mong
Liu, Yong
Cheng, Ching-Yu
author_facet Da Soh, Zhi
Bai, Yang
Yu, Kai
Zhou, Yang
Lei, Xiaofeng
Thakur, Sahil
Lee, Zann
Phang, Lee Ching Linette
Peng, Qingsheng
Xue, Can Can
Chong, Rachel Shujuan
Hoang, Quan V.
Raghavan, Lavanya
Tham, Yih Chung
Sabanayagam, Charumathi
Wu, Wei-Chi
Ho, Ming-Chih
He, Jiangnan
Gupta, Preeti
Lamoureux, Ecosse
Saw, Seang Mei
Nangia, Vinay
Panda-Jonas, Songhomitra
Xu, Jie
Wang, Ya Xing
Xu, Xinxing
Jonas, Jost B.
Wong, Tien Yin
Goh, Rick Siow Mong
Liu, Yong
Cheng, Ching-Yu
contents Current deep learning models are mostly task specific and lack a user-friendly interface to operate. We present Meta-EyeFM, a multi-function foundation model that integrates a large language model (LLM) with vision foundation models (VFMs) for ocular disease assessment. Meta-EyeFM leverages a routing mechanism to enable accurate task-specific analysis based on text queries. Using Low Rank Adaptation, we fine-tuned our VFMs to detect ocular and systemic diseases, differentiate ocular disease severity, and identify common ocular signs. The model achieved 100% accuracy in routing fundus images to appropriate VFMs, which achieved $\ge$ 82.2% accuracy in disease detection, $\ge$ 89% in severity differentiation, $\ge$ 76% in sign identification. Meta-EyeFM was 11% to 43% more accurate than Gemini-1.5-flash and ChatGPT-4o LMMs in detecting various eye diseases and comparable to an ophthalmologist. This system offers enhanced usability and diagnostic performance, making it a valuable decision support tool for primary eye care or an online LLM for fundus evaluation.
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spellingShingle An integrated language-vision foundation model for conversational diagnostics and triaging in primary eye care
Da Soh, Zhi
Bai, Yang
Yu, Kai
Zhou, Yang
Lei, Xiaofeng
Thakur, Sahil
Lee, Zann
Phang, Lee Ching Linette
Peng, Qingsheng
Xue, Can Can
Chong, Rachel Shujuan
Hoang, Quan V.
Raghavan, Lavanya
Tham, Yih Chung
Sabanayagam, Charumathi
Wu, Wei-Chi
Ho, Ming-Chih
He, Jiangnan
Gupta, Preeti
Lamoureux, Ecosse
Saw, Seang Mei
Nangia, Vinay
Panda-Jonas, Songhomitra
Xu, Jie
Wang, Ya Xing
Xu, Xinxing
Jonas, Jost B.
Wong, Tien Yin
Goh, Rick Siow Mong
Liu, Yong
Cheng, Ching-Yu
Image and Video Processing
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Current deep learning models are mostly task specific and lack a user-friendly interface to operate. We present Meta-EyeFM, a multi-function foundation model that integrates a large language model (LLM) with vision foundation models (VFMs) for ocular disease assessment. Meta-EyeFM leverages a routing mechanism to enable accurate task-specific analysis based on text queries. Using Low Rank Adaptation, we fine-tuned our VFMs to detect ocular and systemic diseases, differentiate ocular disease severity, and identify common ocular signs. The model achieved 100% accuracy in routing fundus images to appropriate VFMs, which achieved $\ge$ 82.2% accuracy in disease detection, $\ge$ 89% in severity differentiation, $\ge$ 76% in sign identification. Meta-EyeFM was 11% to 43% more accurate than Gemini-1.5-flash and ChatGPT-4o LMMs in detecting various eye diseases and comparable to an ophthalmologist. This system offers enhanced usability and diagnostic performance, making it a valuable decision support tool for primary eye care or an online LLM for fundus evaluation.
title An integrated language-vision foundation model for conversational diagnostics and triaging in primary eye care
topic Image and Video Processing
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.08414