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VQA-RAD (Visual Question Answering in Radiology) is the first manually constructed dataset of medical visual question answering containing 3,515 clinically generated visual questions and answers about radiology images. The dataset includes questions created by clinical trainees on 315 radiology images from MedPix covering head, chest, and abdominal scans, designed to support AI development for medical image analysis and improve patient care.
Updated Aug 11, 2026
Higher score ranks better on this benchmark.
| 01 | GO | 49.9% | 100.0% | 1 | C |
The leading models and scores on this benchmark.
What VQA-Rad measures and how its scores work.
VQA-RAD (Visual Question Answering in Radiology) is the first manually constructed dataset of medical visual question answering containing 3,515 clinically generated visual questions and answers about radiology images. The dataset includes questions created by clinical trainees on 315 radiology images from MedPix covering head, chest, and abdominal scans, designed to support AI development for medical image analysis and improve patient care.
Scores are shown in ratio. This benchmark is not independently verified and has an evidence level of B.
Benchmark scores retain their original unit. Overall score eligibility is shown separately.
Common questions about VQA-Rad.
MedGemma 4B IT is currently ranked first with 49.9%.
VQA-RAD (Visual Question Answering in Radiology) is the first manually constructed dataset of medical visual question answering containing 3,515 clinically generated visual questions and answers about radiology images. The dataset includes questions created by clinical trainees on 315 radiology images from MedPix covering head, chest, and abdominal scans, designed to support AI development for medical image analysis and improve patient care.
Yes. Higher values rank better for this benchmark.
1 model results are currently shown.
No. This benchmark is shown for reference but does not contribute to the overall score.