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ArticleNPJ digital medicine2025

Matters arising: Utilizing foundation models for developing clinical tools.

Hin Yin Chan, Chak Fung Ng, Oscar Yui Ming Choi, An Ran Ran, Carol Y Cheung

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Article in NPJ digital medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Hin Yin ChanDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China.
Chak Fung NgDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China.
Oscar Yui Ming ChoiDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China.
An Ran RanDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China.
Carol Y CheungDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China. carolcheung@cuhk.edu.hk.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Zhang et al. developed a RETFound-enhanced deep learning model to detect multiple eye diseases and tested it in a community-based screening setting. Nevertheless, we believe that more information could be provided to support the claim that the proposed model has better generalizability compared to conventional convolutional neural networks adopted by two commercial models. Thus, we raised four points regarding more details of other models, generalizability, the fine-tuning dataset, and statistical analysis.

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