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Artificial Intelligence Applications in Medical Data Analysis and Healthcare Virtual Assistants

A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Computing and Artificial Intelligence".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2024 | Viewed by 1039

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Interests: interoperable electronic health repositories; healthcare metaverse; artificial intelligence as medical devices
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue is intended to be a forum for sharing the latest advancements and exploratory research in the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) within the medical and healthcare domains. We seek innovative research that leverages AI, Natural Language Processing (NLP), Large Language Models (LLMs), and comprehensive data architectures to foster the development of medical devices and virtual assistants in healthcare. Contributions are encouraged in areas such as data engineering and data science that underscore the enhancement of healthcare outcomes. Through this confluence of technologies and methodologies, our objective is to spotlight groundbreaking approaches and technologies that pave the way for a transformative impact on patient care, medical procedures, and the overall healthcare ecosystem.

Dr. Jordi Cusido
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • artificial intelligence
  • NLP
  • LLM
  • cloud computing
  • virtual environments
  • data architecture
  • data engineering

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Assessing the Capability of Advanced AI Models in Cardiovascular Symptom Recognition: A Comparative Study
by Jordi Cusidó, Lluc Solé-Vilaró, Pere Marti-Puig and Jordi Solé-Casals
Appl. Sci. 2024, 14(18), 8440; https://doi.org/10.3390/app14188440 - 19 Sep 2024
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The field of medical informatics has been significantly transformed in recent years with the emergence of Natural Language Understanding (NLU) and Large Language Models (LLM), providing new opportunities for innovative patient care solutions. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of publicly available [...] Read more.
The field of medical informatics has been significantly transformed in recent years with the emergence of Natural Language Understanding (NLU) and Large Language Models (LLM), providing new opportunities for innovative patient care solutions. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of publicly available LLMs as symptom checkers for cardiological diseases by comparing their diagnostic capabilities in real disease cases. We employed a set of 9 models, including ChatGPT-4, OpenSource models, Google PaLM 2, and Meta’s LLaMA, to assess their diagnostic accuracy, reliability, and safety across various clinical scenarios. Our methodology involved presenting these LLMs with symptom descriptions and test results in Spanish, requiring them to provide specialist diagnoses and recommendations in English. This approach allowed us to compare the performance of each model, highlighting their respective strengths and limitations in a healthcare context. The results revealed varying levels of accuracy, precision, and sensitivity among the models, demonstrating the potential of LLMs to enhance medical education and patient care. By analysing the capabilities of each model, our study contributes to a deeper understanding of artificial intelligence’s role in medical diagnosis. We argue for the strategic implementation of LLMs in healthcare, emphasizing the importance of balancing sensitivity and realism to optimize patient outcomes. Full article
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