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LLM framework ConfTriage aids pulmonary nodule malignancy prediction

Researchers have developed ConfTriage, a novel framework that uses large language models (LLMs) to predict pulmonary nodule malignancy. This system leverages natural language descriptions of nodule attributes, combined with confidence calibration, to triage cases. For low-confidence predictions, ConfTriage defers to specialist deep learning models. Experiments on the LIDC-IDRI dataset demonstrated that ConfTriage achieved an F1 score of 88.22% and an AUC of 0.92, successfully resolving a significant portion of cases through zero-shot LLM inference alone. AI

IMPACT Demonstrates a pathway for integrating generalist LLMs with specialist AI models in medical decision-support systems.

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LLM framework ConfTriage aids pulmonary nodule malignancy prediction

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  1. arXiv cs.CV TIER_1 English(EN) · Md Rabiul Islam, Samir Abdaljalil, Erchin Serpedin, Hasan Kurban ·

    ConfTriage: A Calibration-Aware LLM Triage Framework for Pulmonary Nodule Malignancy with Selective Specialist Deferral

    arXiv:2608.10885v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Pulmonary nodule malignancy prediction typically depends on image-trained specialist deep learning (DL) models that require substantial annotated imaging data and task-specific training. We investigate whether a generalist large lan…