ReXVQA-SDFT-gemma-4-E2B is a LoRA/PEFT adapter trained on the ReXVQA dataset using Self Distillation Fine-Tuning (SDFT) for Gemma 4 E2B. It is intended for chest X-ray visual question answering and image interpretation experiments.

The adapter shows greatly improved performance on chest X-ray image interpretation, placing 2nd on the ReXrank Challenge V2.0 (rexrank.ai) with a score near 0.89. This run has not yet been submitted for official validation.

Model Details

Adapter type: LoRA
Base model: unsloth/gemma-4-E2B-it
Task: Chest X-ray visual question answering / image-text-to-text generation
Training method: Self Distillation Fine-Tuning (SDFT)
Training data: ReXVQA
PEFT version: 0.19.1
License: Apache 2.0

This repository contains adapter weights and tokenizer/processor configuration. It does not contain the full base model weights.

Intended Use

This adapter is intended for research and demonstration of multimodal chest X-ray interpretation with Gemma 4 E2B. It can be loaded with the base model through transformers and peft.

It is not intended for clinical diagnosis, medical decision-making, triage, or any use where model output could directly affect patient care. Outputs should be reviewed by qualified clinicians and treated as experimental.

Evaluation

Current informal challenge result:

Benchmark: ReXrank Challenge V2.0
Rank: 2nd
Score: approximately 0.89
Validation status: not yet submitted for official validation

Additional details will be added after formal validation and reproducible evaluation artifacts are available.

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python

import torch
from peft import PeftModel
from transformers import AutoProcessor, Gemma4ForConditionalGeneration

base_model_id = "unsloth/gemma-4-E2B-it"
adapter_id = "carlesonielfa/ReXVQA-SDFT-gemma-4-E2B"

processor = AutoProcessor.from_pretrained(adapter_id)
model = Gemma4ForConditionalGeneration.from_pretrained(
    base_model_id,
    torch_dtype=torch.bfloat16,
    device_map="auto",
)
model = PeftModel.from_pretrained(model, adapter_id)
model.eval()

Limitations

The model may produce incorrect, incomplete, or overconfident medical statements.
Performance outside the ReXVQA/ReXrank setting has not been fully characterized.
Dataset composition, imaging protocol differences, and prompt wording may affect output quality.
This adapter inherits limitations and safety considerations from the base Gemma 4 E2B model.

Citation

If you use this adapter, please cite the relevant ReXVQA/ReXrank resources and the Gemma base model according to their respective citation guidance.