# Alibaba opens RADAR medical CT vision-language model

_Published Sunday, September 20, 2026 at 3:05 AM EDT · AI, Science · Latest · Tier 2 — Notable_

Alibaba's Damo Academy has open-sourced RADAR, a medical vision-language model that the company says can interpret CT scans and identify about 150 abdominal conditions, including cancers. A study published in Science tested the model on nearly 40,000 real-world exams and reported that it outperformed most radiologists. The reported comparison covers abdominal CT exams and the conditions described in the study.

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- [Techmeme](https://www.techmeme.com/260920/p4#a260920p4)

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