Detects disease names in English biomedical and clinical text
Extract biomedical entitiesDiseases and conditionsEnglishSmall · 109Mapache-2.0
What it does
This model identifies disease entities in English biomedical literature and clinical notes, using a single fixed label. It reports an F1 score of 0.899 on the BC5CDR disease benchmark, with 109 million parameters and a 512-token input limit.
Best for
- Disease mentions from PubMed abstracts
- Clinical notes and discharge summaries
- Biomedical literature mining for research
What it detects (1 labels)
- Disease
Quality
| Benchmark | BC5CDR (diseases) · all models on this benchmark |
|---|---|
| F1 | 0.899 |
| Precision | 0.890 |
| Recall | 0.909 |
| Accuracy | 0.984 |
| Source | Reported by the authors (test_results.json in the repository) |
Disease Entity Recognition - Disease entities from the BC5CDR dataset
Use it
pip install transformers torch
from transformers import pipeline
ner = pipeline("token-classification", model="OpenMed/OpenMed-NER-DiseaseDetect-PubMed-v2-109M", 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-DiseaseDetect-PubMed-v2-109M-onnx-android")
for entity in model("The patient started imatinib after the consultation."):
print(entity.to_dict())Apple Silicon (MLX) build
pip install "openmed[mlx]"
from openmed import analyze_text
from openmed.core.config import OpenMedConfig
result = analyze_text("Patient started imatinib in March.", model_name="OpenMed/OpenMed-NER-DiseaseDetect-PubMed-v2-109M", config=OpenMedConfig(backend="mlx"))
for e in result.entities:
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