LungEvaty: A Scalable, Open-Source Transformer-based Deep Learning Model for Lung Cancer Risk Prediction in LDCT Screening

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2511.20116v1
• Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2025 09:38:10 GMT
• Title: LungEvaty: A Scalable, Open-Source Transformer-based Deep Learning Model for Lung Cancer Risk Prediction in LDCT Screening
• Authors: Johannes Brandt, Maulik Chevli, Rickmer Braren, Georgios Kaissis, Philip Müller, Daniel Rueckert,
• Abstract summary: LungEvaty is a transformer-based framework for predicting 1-6 year lung cancer risk from a single LDCT scan.<n>It learns directly from large-scale screening data to capture comprehensive anatomical and pathological cues relevant for malignancy risk.<n>LungEvaty was trained on more than 90,000 CT scans, including over 28,000 for fine-tuning and 6,000 for evaluation.
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• Abstract: Lung cancer risk estimation is gaining increasing importance as more countries introduce population-wide screening programs using low-dose CT (LDCT). As imaging volumes grow, scalable methods that can process entire lung volumes efficiently are essential to tap into the full potential of these large screening datasets. Existing approaches either over-rely on pixel-level annotations, limiting scalability, or analyze the lung in fragments, weakening performance. We present LungEvaty, a fully transformer-based framework for predicting 1-6 year lung cancer risk from a single LDCT scan. The model operates on whole-lung inputs, learning directly from large-scale screening data to capture comprehensive anatomical and pathological cues relevant for malignancy risk. Using only imaging data and no region supervision, LungEvaty matches state-of-the-art performance, refinable by an optional Anatomically Informed Attention Guidance (AIAG) loss that encourages anatomically focused attention. In total, LungEvaty was trained on more than 90,000 CT scans, including over 28,000 for fine-tuning and 6,000 for evaluation. The framework offers a simple, data-efficient, and fully open-source solution that provides an extensible foundation for future research in longitudinal and multimodal lung cancer risk prediction.

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