Improve model card for RedDino-small: Update pipeline tag and add GitHub link (#1)

- Improve model card for RedDino-small: Update pipeline tag and add GitHub link (d33281d43ff150fb779b93e1a4a0fe96ed168400)


Co-authored-by: Niels Rogge <[email protected]>

README.md

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+datasets:
+- Elsafty
+- Chula
+- DSE
+library_name: timm
 license: cc-by-4.0
+pipeline_tag: image-feature-extraction
 tags:
-  - red-blood-cells
-  - hematology
-  - medical-imaging
-  - vision-transformer
-  - dino
-  - dinov2
-  - feature-extraction
-  - foundation-model
-library_name: timm
-datasets:
-  - Elsafty
-  - Chula
-  - DSE
-pipeline_tag: feature-extraction
+- red-blood-cells
+- hematology
+- medical-imaging
+- vision-transformer
+- dino
+- dinov2
+- foundation-model
 model-index:
-  - name: RedDino-small
-    results:
-      - task:
-          type: image-classification
-          name: RBC Shape Classification
-        dataset:
-          name: Elsafty
-          type: Classification
-        metrics:
-          - type: Weighted F1
-            value: 86.0
-          - type: Balanced Accuracy
-            value: 87.2
-          - type: Accuracy
-            value: 86.2
-      - task:
-          type: image-classification
-          name: RBC Shape Classification
-        dataset:
-          name: Chula
-          type: Classification
-        metrics:
-          - type: Weighted F1
-            value: 84.3
-          - type: Balanced Accuracy
-            value: 78.5
-          - type: Accuracy
-            value: 84.4
-      - task:
-          type: image-classification
-          name: RBC Shape Classification
-        dataset:
-          name: DSE
-          type: Classification
-        metrics:
-          - type: Weighted F1
-            value: 84.9
-          - type: Balanced Accuracy
-            value: 56.5
-          - type: Accuracy
-            value: 84.9
+- name: RedDino-small
+  results:
+  - task:
+      type: image-classification
+      name: RBC Shape Classification
+    dataset:
+      name: Elsafty
+      type: Classification
+    metrics:
+    - type: Weighted F1
+      value: 86.0
+    - type: Balanced Accuracy
+      value: 87.2
+    - type: Accuracy
+      value: 86.2
+    - type: Weighted F1
+      value: 84.3
+    - type: Balanced Accuracy
+      value: 78.5
+    - type: Accuracy
+      value: 84.4
+    - type: Weighted F1
+      value: 84.9
+    - type: Balanced Accuracy
+      value: 56.5
+    - type: Accuracy
+      value: 84.9
 ---
 
-# RedDino-small
+# RedDino: A foundation model for red blood cell analysis
 
-**RedDino** is a self-supervised Vision Transformer foundation model specifically designed for **red blood cell (RBC)** image analysis.  
-This variant is the compact model in the family, delivering strong performance with lighter computational cost.
+[📄 Paper](https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.08180) | [💻 Code](https://github.com/Snarci/RedDino)
 
-It leverages a tailored version of the **DINOv2** framework, trained on a meticulously curated dataset of RBC images from diverse acquisition modalities and sources.  
-The model excels at extracting robust features for downstream hematology tasks such as **shape classification**, **morphological subtype recognition**, and **batch-effect–robust analysis**.
+**RedDino** is a self-supervised Vision Transformer foundation model specifically designed for **red blood cell (RBC)** image analysis. This variant, **RedDino-small**, is the compact model in the family, delivering strong performance with lighter computational cost.
 
-> 🧠 Developed by [Luca Zedda](https://orcid.org/0009-0001-8488-1612), [Andrea Loddo](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6571-3816), [Cecilia Di Ruberto](https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4641-0307), and [Carsten Marr](https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2154-4552)  
-> 🏥 University of Cagliari & Helmholtz Munich  
-> 📄 Preprint: [arXiv:2508.08180](https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.08180)
+It leverages a tailored version of the **DINOv2** framework, trained on a meticulously curated dataset of 1.25 million RBC images from diverse acquisition modalities and sources. The model excels at extracting robust features for downstream hematology tasks such as **shape classification**, **morphological subtype recognition**, and **batch-effect–robust analysis**.
 
 ---
 
 ## Model Details
 
-- **Architecture:** ViT-small, patch size 14
-- **SSL framework:** DINOv2 (customized for RBC morphology)
-- **Pretraining dataset:** Curated RBC images from 18 datasets (multiple modalities and sources)
-- **Embedding size:** 384
-- **Intended use:** RBC morphology classification, feature extraction, batch-effect–robust analysis
+-   **Architecture:** ViT-small, patch size 14
+-   **SSL framework:** DINOv2 (customized for RBC morphology)
+-   **Pretraining dataset:** Curated RBC images from 18 datasets (multiple modalities and sources)
+-   **Embedding size:** 384
+-   **Intended use:** RBC morphology classification, feature extraction, batch-effect–robust analysis
 
 Notes:
-- Trained with RBC-specific augmentations and DINOv2 customizations (e.g., removal of KoLeo regularizer; Sinkhorn-Knopp centering).
-- Optimized using smear patches rather than only single-cell crops to improve generalization across sources.
+-   Trained with RBC-specific augmentations and DINOv2 customizations (e.g., removal of KoLeo regularizer; Sinkhorn-Knopp centering).
+-   Optimized using smear patches rather than only single-cell crops to improve generalization across sources.
 
 ## Example Usage
 
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       primaryClass={cs.CV},
       url={https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.08180}, 
 }
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+```
+
+---
+
+## Summary
+
+RedDino is the first family of foundation models tailored for comprehensive red blood cell image analysis, using large-scale self-supervised learning to set new performance benchmarks and generalization standards for computational hematology. Models and pretrained weights are available for research and practical deployment.