LeDXA Model Predicts Diabetes and Aging from Scans
iScienceLuvr · x · 2026-08-15
An interesting paper presents LeDXA, a model based on the LeJEPA architecture. Trained on 11,540 DEXA scans, it extracts clinically meaningful whole-body representations from bone density images.
Key findings:
- Disease Prediction: Capable of predicting Type 2 Diabetes and osteoporosis.
- Biological Markers: Can estimate biological age.
- Performance: Outperforms standard scanner-derived DEXA measures and the general-purpose model DINOv3 in cross-cohort prediction, despite using 150,000x fewer training images.
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