AI Medical Compendium

Using randomization to compare AI and expert-generated formative assessment questions in medical education.

Medical education online May 9, 2026

BACKGROUND: AI-generated content is being used across the education spectrum and is beneficial for creating complex multiple-choice questions, such as those used in medical education. However, evaluating AI-generated content is challenging, and exist... read more

Artificial intelligence model predicts malignant transformation of oral leukoplakia and optimizes interventions.

Oral oncology May 9, 2026

PURPOSE: Oral leukoplakia (OL), the most common oral potentially malignant disorder (OPMD), poses a significant risk for transformation to oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). Despite its prevalence and variable malignant transformation rates, optima... read more

Landscape fragmentation drives rice heavy-metal health risk and reveals actionable thresholds.

Journal of environmental management May 9, 2026

The contamination of staple crops with heavy metals is predominantly assessed through a geochemical lens, treating farmland as a static container while overlooking the organizing influence of landscape structure. Here we advance a "landscape risk fil... read more

Implementation of artificial intelligence to automate physical disector in a fractionator design for quantification of stem cell-derived neurons.

Computers in biology and medicine May 9, 2026

Accurate quantification of stem cell-derived dopaminergic neurons is essential for advancing cell therapy strategies in Parkinson's disease (PD). Traditional manual stereological methods, while robust, are time-consuming and subject to interobserver ... read more

Hyperpolarized 129Xe MRI Features Associated with Interstitial Lung Disease Identified Using an Interpretable Diagnostic Algorithm.

Academic radiology May 9, 2026

RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: Hyperpolarized 129Xe magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy (MRI/MRS) have been used to identify numerous imaging and spectroscopic features that distinguish interstitial lung disease (ILD) from chronic obstructive pulm... read more

A comparative analysis of YOLOv8 and nnU-Net v2 based pipelines for sex and age estimation from maxillary sinus morphometry on panoramic radiographs.

International journal of legal medicine May 9, 2026

OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to develop and compare two deep learning-based segmentation-radiomics pipelines - YOLOv8-Hybrid and nnU-Net v2 - for automated sex classification and age estimation from maxillary sinus morphometry on panoramic radiographs... read more

AI as a differentiated cognitive partner in medical education: a comparative study of popular science versus research-based curriculum extensions in histology and embryology.

BMC medical education May 9, 2026

OBJECTIVE: This study compared the efficacy of Popular Science (PS) and Research-Based (RS) curriculum extensions in a Histology and Embryology course, and explored how artificial intelligence (AI) tools can be designed as differentiated cognitive pa... read more

Early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease through handwriting analysis and deep learning: A review.

Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD May 9, 2026

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is one of the most prevalent neurodegenerative disorders worldwide, requiring early identification for timely intervention and to slow disease progression. However, existing diagnostic approaches, while effective at later sta... read more

Artificial Intelligence Applications in General Surgery in the United States of America: A Bibliometric Analysis.

Journal of laparoendoscopic & advanced surgical techniques. Part A May 9, 2026

BACKGROUND: Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming surgical practice, with applications spanning preoperative planning, intraoperative guidance, postoperative management, and surgical education. Despite accelerating research activity, t... read more

Transparency, Ethical Framing, and User Agency as Determinants of Trust in AI-Mediated Assessment: Informing the Design of Trustworthy Systems.

Evaluation review May 9, 2026

As artificial intelligence (AI) systems assume greater responsibility in educational assessment, questions surrounding fairness, transparency, and trust have become central to their ethical and pedagogical legitimacy. Yet, little empirical work has e... read more

Artificial Intelligence Medical Compendium