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Alibaba’s Damo Academy Open-Sources AI Model That Detects Nearly 150 Abdominal Conditions in CT Scans

Sep 21, 2026
South China Morning Post
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Summary

Alibaba’s Damo Academy open-sources Damo Radar, an AI model that analyzes contrast-enhanced CT scans across 18 abdominal organs to detect 146 findings—including cancers—with a reported average AUC of 0.913 in nearly 40,000 real-world examinations.

Key Points

  • Alibaba's Damo Academy open-sources Damo Radar, an AI model that reads CT scans to identify nearly 150 abdominal conditions, including cancers.
  • Damo Radar analyses contrast-enhanced CT scans across 18 abdominal organs and detects malignant tumours and other abnormalities.
  • Trained on CT scans paired with clinical reports, the model scores an average AUC of 0.913 across 146 findings in nearly 40,000 real-world examinations.

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