Building the world’s first truly global medical foundation model

The Global RETFound Consortium

doi:10.1038/s41591-025-03859-5

Building the world’s first truly global medical foundation model

The Global RETFound Consortium

Department of Surgery

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3580-3585
Number of pages	6
Journal	Nature Medicine
Volume	31
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-025-03859-5
Publication status	Published - Nov 2025

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