提升中国病理诊断水平，瑞金医院联合华为开源病理大模型

Core Viewpoint - The RuiPath pathology model, developed by Ruijin Hospital in collaboration with Huawei, aims to enhance the efficiency and accuracy of pathology diagnostics in China by leveraging AI technology [1][5]. Group 1: Model Development and Features - The RuiPath model is a clinical-grade multimodal pathology model that covers 90% of the annual cancer incidence in China, addressing 19 common cancer types and hundreds of auxiliary diagnostic tasks [1][5]. - The model has achieved state-of-the-art (SOTA) performance in 7 out of 14 auxiliary diagnostic tasks tested against 12 mainstream public datasets, surpassing the performance of Harvard's UNI2 model [4]. - The model's core "visual foundation model" was developed using over one million high-quality digital pathology slides from Ruijin Hospital, utilizing Huawei's AI toolchain for annotation, training, and fine-tuning [2][4]. Group 2: Efficiency and Impact - The implementation of the RuiPath model allows pathologists to increase their daily workload from 200-300 slides to 400-500 or more, significantly improving diagnostic efficiency [5]. - The model aims to standardize digital pathology practices across hospitals in China, enabling easier deployment and reducing training costs for other institutions [5][10]. - The collaboration between Ruijin Hospital and Huawei has streamlined the model training process, allowing for the completion of the RuiPath model development with only a 16-card cluster, making it more accessible for hospitals [10][11]. Group 3: Industry Challenges and Solutions - There is a significant shortage of pathology doctors in China, with only about 20,000 available and a gap of 140,000 needed, highlighting the importance of AI solutions in addressing this challenge [5]. - The partnership has evolved through two phases: digitalization and smart pathology, focusing on data standardization and collaborative model development [7][8]. - The use of Huawei's ModelEngine has transformed the annotation process, allowing pathologists to review over 700 slides in a day, thus enhancing both efficiency and accuracy [10].