CLIP in medical imaging: A survey

Zihao Zhao, Yuxiao Liu, Han Wu, Mei Wang, Yonghao Li, Sheng Wang, Lin Teng, Disheng Liu, Zhiming Cui, Qian Wang, Dinggang Shen

Abstract: Highlights•This survey delves into CLIP’s potential, exploring its role in image–text alignment and clinical applications.•We discover how CLIP is enhancing tasks like classification, dense prediction, and cross-modal tasks.•While revealing the rapid growth of CLIP-focused studies, we discuss the limitation and future.•This survey offers a holistic understanding of CLIP’s implications, guiding researchers into this area.

External IDs:doi:10.1016/j.media.2025.103551