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# MedMNIST Dataset

This dataset is derived from [MedMNIST v2](https://medmnist.com/), a large-scale lightweight benchmark for biomedical image classification.

## Source and Citation

Please cite the original paper when using this dataset:

Yang, J., Shi, R., Wei, D. et al.  
MedMNIST v2: A Large-Scale Lightweight Benchmark for 2D and 3D Biomedical Image Classification.  
*Scientific Data* 10, 125 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-01920-1

## License

This dataset is licensed under the [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0)](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).  
You are free to share and adapt the dataset, even for commercial purposes, provided appropriate credit is given.

## Dataset Description

MedMNIST is a collection of standardized biomedical image datasets, including but not limited to:

- PathMNIST
- OCTMNIST
- PneumoniaMNIST
- ...

## Files

- `pathmnist.npz` — example dataset file
- `octmnist.npz` — example dataset file

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For more details and dataset download, visit [MedMNIST GitHub](https://github.com/MedMNIST/MedMNIST).