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ArticleNature communications2025

General lightweight framework for vision foundation model supporting multi-task and multi-center medical image analysis.

Senliang Lu, Yehang Chen, Yuan Chen, Peijun Li, Junqi Sun, Changye Zheng, Yujian Zou, Bo Liang, Mingwei Li, Qinggeng Jin and 3 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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13 authors.

Senliang Lu *Laboratory of Intelligent Detection and Information Processing, Guilin University of Aerospace Technology, Guilin, Guangxi, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0000-5782-0366
Yehang Chen *Laboratory of Intelligent Detection and Information Processing, Guilin University of Aerospace Technology, Guilin, Guangxi, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0002-3724-3957
Yuan Chen *Department of Gynecology, Jiangmen Central Hospital, Jiangmen, Guangdong, China.
Peijun LiDepartment of Radiology, Jiangmen Central Hospital, Jiangmen, Guangdong, China.
Junqi SunDepartment of Radiology, Yuebei People's Hospital, Shaoguan, Guangdong, China.
Changye ZhengDepartment of Radiology, Affiliated Dongguan Hospital, Southern Medical University, Dongguan, Guangdong, China.
Yujian ZouDepartment of Radiology, Affiliated Dongguan Hospital, Southern Medical University, Dongguan, Guangdong, China.
Bo LiangDepartment of MRI, Maoming People's Hospital, Maoming, Guangdong, China.
Mingwei LiDepartment of Gynecology, Kaiping Central Hospital, Kaiping, Guangdong, China.
Qinggeng JinSchool of Electrical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, China.
Enming CuiJiangmen Key Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence in Medical Image Computation and Application, Jiangmen Central Hospital, Jiangmen, Guangdong, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0634-822X
Wansheng LongJiangmen Key Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence in Medical Image Computation and Application, Jiangmen Central Hospital, Jiangmen, Guangdong, China. jmlws2@163.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1331-1858
Bao FengLaboratory of Intelligent Detection and Information Processing, Guilin University of Aerospace Technology, Guilin, Guangxi, China. fengbao1986.love@163.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5180-0786

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 62176104National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 82460361
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The foundation model, trained on extensive and diverse datasets, has shown strong performance across numerous downstream tasks. Nevertheless, its application in the medical domain is significantly hindered by issues such as data volume, heterogeneity, and privacy concerns. Therefore, we propose the Vision Foundation Model General Lightweight (VFMGL) framework, which facilitates the decentralized construction of expert clinical models for various medical tasks. The VFMGL framework transfers general knowledge from large-parameter vision foundation models to construct lightweight, robust expert clinical models tailored to specific medical tasks. Through extensive experiments and analyses across a range of medical tasks and scenarios, we demonstrate that VFMGL achieves superior performance in both medical image classification and segmentation tasks, effectively managing the challenges posed by data heterogeneity. These results underscore the potential of VFMGL in advancing the efficacy and reliability of AI-driven medical diagnostics.

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Image Processing, Computer-AssistedAlgorithmsHumans

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