Identifies chemical and drug names in English biomedical literature
Extract biomedical entitiesDrugs and chemicalsEnglishMedium · 396Mapache-2.0
What it does
This model detects chemical compounds and substances in English biomedical literature, including clinical texts and research papers. It reports an F1 score of 0.937 on the BC4CHEMD benchmark and supports sequences up to 8192 tokens.
Best for
- Extracting drug names from clinical notes
- Mining chemical mentions in research papers
- Building biomedical knowledge graphs
What it detects (1 labels)
- Chemical or drug
Quality
| Benchmark | BC4CHEMD · all models on this benchmark |
|---|---|
| F1 | 0.937 |
| Precision | 0.933 |
| Recall | 0.942 |
| Accuracy | 0.987 |
| Source | Reported by the authors (test_results.json in the repository) |
Chemical Entity Recognition - Identifies chemical compounds and substances in biomedical literature
Use it
pip install transformers torch
from transformers import pipeline
ner = pipeline("token-classification", model="OpenMed/OpenMed-NER-ChemicalDetect-ModernClinical-395M", aggregation_strategy="simple")
print(ner("Patient prescribed 10 mg aspirin for hypertension."))
Android, browser, CPU (ONNX) build
pip install --upgrade "openmed[onnx-runtime]"
from openmed import OnnxModel
model = OnnxModel.from_pretrained("OpenMed/OpenMed-NER-ChemicalDetect-ModernClinical-395M-v1-onnx-android")
for entity in model("The patient started imatinib after the consultation."):
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