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ResearchMicrosoft Research· Mercy Ranjit, Nikhilesh E, Dr. Abhyuday Kumara Swamy, Tanuja Ganu·· 2026-08-12

Microsoft Research introduces CARE-X, a clinically oriented radiology VLM combining auxiliary supervision, reward alignment, and tool-assisted measurement

Introducing CARE-X: Towards Clinically Useful Radiology VLMs with Auxiliary Supervision, Reward-Aligned Learning, and Tool-Augmented Measurement

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Microsoft Research has released CARE-X, a research model and unified chest X-ray vision-language model that can generate reports, make structured diagnostic predictions, and localize lesions. It uses reinforcement learning (DAPO) to reward clinical correctness across multiple tasks.

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