Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is an efficient tool for non-invasively evaluating retinal structures. Retinal thinning changes assessed using OCT are recognized as potential biomarkers for systemic conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and…
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Small language models (SLM) offer promise for medical applications by addressing the privacy and hardware constraints of large language models; however, their limited parameters (often fewer than ten billion) hinder multi-step reasoning for complex…
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While holding great promise for improving and facilitating healthcare through applications of medical literature summarization, large language models (LLMs) struggle to produce up-to-date responses on evolving topics due to outdated knowledge or hallucination. Retrieval-augmented…
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The integration of patient-reported outcomes (PROs) in digital health (DH) trials for cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) remains unknown. We searched ClinicalTrials.gov for randomized trials that tested DH interventions in CVDs from 2004 to 2024. The…
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The growth in digitization of health data provides opportunities for using algorithmic techniques for data analysis. This systematic review assesses whether quantum machine learning (QML) algorithms outperform existing classical methods for clinical decisioning or…
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Endometriosis is a common, chronic condition associated with debilitating pain, fatigue, and heterogeneous symptom presentation. In this exploratory study, 68 participants with confirmed endometriosis were monitored for up to three 4–6-week smartwatch cycles. We…
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Laparoscopic pancreatic surgery remains highly challenging due to the complexity of the pancreas and surrounding vascular structures, with risk of injuring critical blood vessels such as the Superior Mesenteric Vein (SMV)-Portal Vein (PV) axis…
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Cardiotocography (CTG) is essential for monitoring high-risk pregnancies, yet perinatal asphyxia prediction accuracy remains limited to 50–55%. Regions of artifacts (missing valid signals)-including signal processing aberrations-possibly contribute to this limitation, highlighted by 40% of…
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This review presents the status quo of how far the digitalization of elements of the neurological examination has progressed. Our focus was on studies that assessed the examination conducted in person, rather than through…
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Keratinocyte carcinoma, such as Actinic Keratosis (AK) and Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC), share similar clinical presentations but differ significantly in prognosis and treatment, highlighting the importance of effective screening. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) shows…
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