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Between the hype and harm: does artificial intelligence in health offer solace or further exclusion for marginalised populations in Sub-Saharan Africa? A scoping review
HealthContested · G 70 / P 71

AI use in healthcare for marginalised populations in Sub-Saharan Africa and its effect on health equity

Source article: Between the hype and harm: does artificial intelligence in health offer solace or further exclusion for marginalised populations in Sub-Saharan Africa? A scoping review

Problem

AI integration may reinforce health inequities for marginalised populations in Sub-Saharan Africa due to infrastructure gaps, algorithmic bias, under-representation of African datasets, and weak governance.

Global Health Action
Gain

AI applications in healthcare could expand access and improve disease surveillance and health system planning for marginalised populations in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Global Health Action
Sleep Diagnostics and Monitoring Technology in Obstructive Sleep Apnea
HealthContested · G 74 / P 74

AI software-as-medical-device platforms that estimate sleep parameters for obstructive sleep apnea diagnosis

Source article: Sleep Diagnostics and Monitoring Technology in Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Problem

AI-enabled sleep estimation tools raise concerns about racial bias in pulse oximetry, regulatory gaps, variable accuracy, and privacy, requiring further validation to ensure equitable and reliable clinical use.

Continuum
Gain

AI software-as-a-medical-device platforms cleared since 2019 that estimate sleep parameters improve accessibility to obstructive sleep apnea diagnosis for patients unable or unwilling to undergo in-laboratory polysomnography.

Continuum
Predicting antifouling paint particle contamination based on 16S rRNA gene sequencing data using random forest-based machine learning
ClimateNegative state · G 65 / P 70

predicting antifouling paint particle presence in marine sediment from 16S microbial community data using random forest

Source article: Predicting antifouling paint particle contamination based on 16S rRNA gene sequencing data using random forest-based machine learning

Problem

The same presence-prediction model failed to identify 2 of 5 APP-contaminated field sites and could not predict particle concentration with sufficient accuracy.

Microbiology Spectrum
Gain

A random forest model trained on 16S rRNA microbial community data from a field mesocosm predicted antifouling paint particle presence in sediment, with perfect detection of presence in test set and correct classification of all uncontaminated and 3 of 5 contaminated real-world Baltic Sea sites.

Microbiology Spectrum
Artificial intelligence in the radiologic diagnosis of major urological cancers: a meta-analysis
HealthContested · G 66 / P 65

diagnostic accuracy of AI versus clinicians in radiologic imaging of urological cancers

Source article: Artificial intelligence in the radiologic diagnosis of major urological cancers: a meta-analysis

Problem

In prostate cancer and MRI subgroups, AI models showed lower sensitivity than clinicians, indicating inconsistent advantage across tasks.

World Journal of Urology
Gain

AI models for CT, MRI, and ultrasound diagnosis of urological cancers achieved higher pooled specificity and AUC than clinicians in a 110-study meta-analysis.

World Journal of Urology
Promises and limitations of deep learning for predicting knee osteoarthritis progression from medical imaging: A systematic review
HealthContested · G 71 / P 71

deep learning models predicting knee osteoarthritis progression from medical imaging

Source article: Promises and limitations of deep learning for predicting knee osteoarthritis progression from medical imaging: A systematic review

Problem

Deep learning models for knee osteoarthritis progression showed limited generalizability, with performance degradation on external validation and heavy reliance on a single training dataset without rigorous multi-site validation.

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy
Gain

Deep learning models demonstrated proof-of-concept ability to predict knee osteoarthritis progression from medical imaging, with internal median AUCs up to 0.87 for surgical endpoints.

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy
Establishing diagnostic thresholds for adult ADHD screening in taxi drivers: validation of the CAARS-S via Item Response Theory and Machine Learning
HealthContested · G 67 / P 67

optimal CAARS-S:SV cutoff scores for adult ADHD screening in Iranian male taxi drivers

Source article: Establishing diagnostic thresholds for adult ADHD screening in taxi drivers: validation of the CAARS-S via Item Response Theory and Machine Learning

Problem

Item Response Theory produced an unacceptably low 68% sensitivity for the total score at threshold 24, and logistic regression yielded only 16%-60% sensitivity for ADHD status in the same driver sample.

Journal of injury & violence research
Gain

In 298 Iranian male taxi drivers, ROC and Random Forest analysis of the Persian CAARS-S:SV identified total-score cutoffs with 88% sensitivity and 86.7% specificity for adult ADHD screening.

Journal of injury & violence research
Exploratory machine learning-based early post-treatment assessment of willingness to reuse rubber dam isolation after microscopic root canal treatment
HealthContested · G 68 / P 72

predicting willingness to reuse rubber dam isolation after microscopic root canal treatment using machine learning

Source article: Exploratory machine learning-based early post-treatment assessment of willingness to reuse rubber dam isolation after microscopic root canal treatment

Problem

Model performance dropped when satisfaction was excluded and estimates from the small same-center temporal validation cohort with only 14 unwilling patients were considered preliminary and potentially imprecise.

Journal of International Medical Research
Gain

An exploratory Light Gradient Boosting Machine model predicted 1-week willingness to reuse rubber dam isolation after microscopic root canal treatment with AUC 0.939 in held-out test and 0.983 in temporal validation.

Journal of International Medical Research
From machine learning to deep learning in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder diagnosis: A bibliometric analysis of global trends (2011-2024)
HealthContested · G 68 / P 69

AI-based objective diagnosis of ADHD

Source article: From machine learning to deep learning in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder diagnosis: A bibliometric analysis of global trends (2011-2024)

Problem

High algorithmic accuracy in AI models for ADHD has not yet translated into routine clinical utility without advances in explainability and multimodal fusion.

Applied Neuropsychology: Adult
Gain

AI research is moving ADHD diagnosis away from subjective interviews toward objective, data-driven tools, with EEG emerging as preferred modality for recent models.

Applied Neuropsychology: Adult
Performance of federated learning models in health services research: A systematic review and meta-analysis
HealthContested · G 74 / P 74

performance of federated learning models trained on patient data for health services research

Source article: Performance of federated learning models in health services research: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Problem

Federated learning models showed modest performance losses compared with centralized models trained on pooled patient data across AUC, F1, sensitivity and PRAUC.

Advances in Medical Sciences
Gain

Federated learning models trained on distributed patient data improved predictive performance over single-site local models across AUC, F1, sensitivity, PPV and PRAUC.

Advances in Medical Sciences
Smart elections or rigged algorithms: the rise of artificial intelligence in electoral governance in Southeast Asia
PolicyContested · G 66 / P 66

AI-assisted voter identification and election monitoring in Southeast Asian democracies and its effects on administrative coordination and electoral fairness

Source article: Smart elections or rigged algorithms: the rise of artificial intelligence in electoral governance in Southeast Asia

Problem

The same AI electoral systems created concerns about unexplained data anomalies, opaque algorithmic operations, inconsistent security practices, and potential undermining of democratic fairness.

Frontiers in Political Science
Gain

AI-assisted voter verification, biometric identification, and result-monitoring systems improved administrative coordination and voter-list accuracy in elections in Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines and Myanmar.

Frontiers in Political Science
From bones to bytes: anticipating and addressing the governance challenges of human digital remains and posthumous digital human twins
PolicyContested · G 70 / P 68

governance of AI-created Human Digital Remains and posthumous rights for deceased persons

Source article: From bones to bytes: anticipating and addressing the governance challenges of human digital remains and posthumous digital human twins

Problem

Human Digital Remains created by AI from personal and biometric data face existing legal and ethical gaps because neither GDPR nor the AI Act currently extends rights to the deceased.

AI & SOCIETY
Gain

Researchers propose an HDR governance framework for AI-created human digital twins that would protect citizen autonomy after death through advance data directives and data trustees.

AI & SOCIETY
Screening efficiency over experience: Rapid target detection in low-power field as a modifiable cognitive biomarker for diagnostic accuracy in digital cytology
HealthContested · G 75 / P 71

low-power field target detection efficiency and diagnostic accuracy in digital cytology

Source article: Screening efficiency over experience: Rapid target detection in low-power field as a modifiable cognitive biomarker for diagnostic accuracy in digital cytology

Problem

Inefficient low-power field target detection, reflected in longer fixation duration on the LPF main object, predicts lower diagnostic accuracy, while traditional years of professional experience fails to predict accuracy in digital cytology.

Cancer Cytopathology
Gain

Efficient low-power field target detection, measured as shorter fixation duration and faster time to first target fixation, predicts higher diagnostic accuracy in digital cytology and can be rapidly acquired through standard 3-month training.

Cancer Cytopathology
[Artificial intelligence in hypertension: where do we stand?]
HealthContested · G 69 / P 68

AI assistance for clinical management of patients with hypertension and its evaluation on clinically meaningful endpoints

Source article: [Artificial intelligence in hypertension: where do we stand?]

Problem

There are few controlled clinical trials that directly compare AI tools to traditional medical literature and clinical experience for hypertension on key endpoints of real clinical value to prove superiority.

Giornale Italiano di Cardiologia
Gain

AI systems can provide simple, clear, well-documented answers to clinical questions about managing patients with hypertension to assist practicing physicians.

Giornale Italiano di Cardiologia
Large Language Models for Individualized Psychoeducational Tools for Psychosis: A Cross-Sectional Study
HealthContested · G 68 / P 67

quality of GPT-4-generated responses to 20 psychosis-related psychoeducational questions for patients, caregivers and relatives

Source article: Large Language Models for Individualized Psychoeducational Tools for Psychosis: A Cross-Sectional Study

Problem

Responses showed comparatively lower inclusivity, high reading complexity, and lacked nuance for complex or individualized clinical scenarios.

Early Intervention in Psychiatry
Gain

GPT-4 generated responses to 20 psychosis psychoeducational questions that were rated highly for accuracy, clarity, completeness and clinical utility.

Early Intervention in Psychiatry
Advancing Radiology Education with Artificial Intelligence: Curriculum Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation
HealthNegative state · G 70 / P 75

use of AI to plan, implement, and evaluate radiology education curricula for trainees

Source article: Advancing Radiology Education with Artificial Intelligence: Curriculum Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation

Problem

Implementing AI in radiology education is constrained by high costs, rapid pace of technological change, and risks of bias, error, and data privacy violations.

RadioGraphics
Gain

Generative AI can personalize radiology trainee learning pathways and generate synthetic imaging cases and board-style questions to augment curriculum planning and assessment.

RadioGraphics