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Giorgini F, Di Dalmazi G, Diciotti S. Artificial intelligence in endocrinology: a comprehensive review. J Endocrinol Invest 2024; 47:1067-1082. [PMID: 37971630 PMCID: PMC11035463 DOI: 10.1007/s40618-023-02235-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2023] [Accepted: 10/24/2023] [Indexed: 11/19/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIM Artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a promising technology in the field of endocrinology, offering significant potential to revolutionize the diagnosis, treatment, and management of endocrine disorders. This comprehensive review aims to provide a concise overview of the current landscape of AI applications in endocrinology and metabolism, focusing on the fundamental concepts of AI, including machine learning algorithms and deep learning models. METHODS The review explores various areas of endocrinology where AI has demonstrated its value, encompassing screening and diagnosis, risk prediction, translational research, and "pre-emptive medicine". Within each domain, relevant studies are discussed, offering insights into the methodology and main findings of AI in the treatment of different pathologies, such as diabetes mellitus and related disorders, thyroid disorders, adrenal tumors, and bone and mineral disorders. RESULTS Collectively, these studies show the valuable contributions of AI in optimizing healthcare outcomes and unveiling new understandings of the intricate mechanisms underlying endocrine disorders. Furthermore, AI-driven approaches facilitate the development of precision medicine strategies, enabling tailored interventions for patients based on their individual characteristics and needs. CONCLUSIONS By embracing AI in endocrinology, a future can be envisioned where medical professionals and AI systems synergistically collaborate, ultimately enhancing the lives of individuals affected by endocrine disorders.
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- F Giorgini
- Department of Electrical, Electronic, and Information Engineering "Guglielmo Marconi", University of Bologna, Cesena, Italy
- Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes Prevention and Care, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes Prevention and Care, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (DIMEC), Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Electrical, Electronic, and Information Engineering "Guglielmo Marconi", University of Bologna, Cesena, Italy.
- Alma Mater Research Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
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Oh SH, Jeong MK, Kim HC, Park J. Applying Reinforcement Learning for Enhanced Cybersecurity against Adversarial Simulation. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 23:3000. [PMID: 36991711 PMCID: PMC10051329 DOI: 10.3390/s23063000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2023] [Revised: 03/04/2023] [Accepted: 03/08/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Cybersecurity is a growing concern in today's interconnected world. Traditional cybersecurity approaches, such as signature-based detection and rule-based firewalls, are often limited in their ability to effectively respond to evolving and sophisticated cyber threats. Reinforcement learning (RL) has shown great potential in solving complex decision-making problems in various domains, including cybersecurity. However, there are significant challenges to overcome, such as the lack of sufficient training data and the difficulty of modeling complex and dynamic attack scenarios hindering researchers' ability to address real-world challenges and advance the state of the art in RL cyber applications. In this work, we applied a deep RL (DRL) framework in adversarial cyber-attack simulation to enhance cybersecurity. Our framework uses an agent-based model to continuously learn from and adapt to the dynamic and uncertain environment of network security. The agent decides on the optimal attack actions to take based on the state of the network and the rewards it receives for its decisions. Our experiments on synthetic network security show that the DRL approach outperforms existing methods in terms of learning optimal attack actions. Our framework represents a promising step towards the development of more effective and dynamic cybersecurity solutions.
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- Sang Ho Oh
- Business Department of Convergence and Open Sharing System, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Seoul 01811, Republic of Korea;
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- Department of Applied Artificial Intelligence, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Seoul 01811, Republic of Korea
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- The Affiliated Institute of Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Daejeon 34044, Republic of Korea
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- Business Department of Convergence and Open Sharing System, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Seoul 01811, Republic of Korea;
- Department of Applied Artificial Intelligence, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Seoul 01811, Republic of Korea
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Afsaneh E, Sharifdini A, Ghazzaghi H, Ghobadi MZ. Recent applications of machine learning and deep learning models in the prediction, diagnosis, and management of diabetes: a comprehensive review. Diabetol Metab Syndr 2022; 14:196. [PMID: 36572938 PMCID: PMC9793536 DOI: 10.1186/s13098-022-00969-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2022] [Accepted: 12/16/2022] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Diabetes as a metabolic illness can be characterized by increased amounts of blood glucose. This abnormal increase can lead to critical detriment to the other organs such as the kidneys, eyes, heart, nerves, and blood vessels. Therefore, its prediction, prognosis, and management are essential to prevent harmful effects and also recommend more useful treatments. For these goals, machine learning algorithms have found considerable attention and have been developed successfully. This review surveys the recently proposed machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL) models for the objectives mentioned earlier. The reported results disclose that the ML and DL algorithms are promising approaches for controlling blood glucose and diabetes. However, they should be improved and employed in large datasets to affirm their applicability.
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Zeng J, Shao J, Lin S, Zhang H, Su X, Lian X, Zhao Y, Ji X, Zheng Z. Optimizing the dynamic treatment regime of in-hospital warfarin anticoagulation in patients after surgical valve replacement using reinforcement learning. J Am Med Inform Assoc 2022; 29:1722-1732. [PMID: 35864720 DOI: 10.1093/jamia/ocac088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2022] [Revised: 04/18/2022] [Accepted: 05/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Warfarin anticoagulation management requires sequential decision-making to adjust dosages based on patients' evolving states continuously. We aimed to leverage reinforcement learning (RL) to optimize the dynamic in-hospital warfarin dosing in patients after surgical valve replacement (SVR). MATERIALS AND METHODS 10 408 SVR cases with warfarin dosage-response data were retrospectively collected to develop and test an RL algorithm that can continuously recommend daily warfarin doses based on patients' evolving multidimensional states. The RL algorithm was compared with clinicians' actual practice and other machine learning and clinical decision rule-based algorithms. The primary outcome was the ratio of patients without in-hospital INRs >3.0 and the INR at discharge within the target range (1.8-2.5) (excellent responders). The secondary outcomes were the safety responder ratio (no INRs >3.0) and the target responder ratio (the discharge INR within 1.8-2.5). RESULTS In the test set (n = 1260), the excellent responder ratio under clinicians' guidance was significantly lower than the RL algorithm: 41.6% versus 80.8% (relative risk [RR], 0.51; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.48-0.55), also the safety responder ratio: 83.1% versus 99.5% (RR, 0.83; 95% CI, 0.81-0.86), and the target responder ratio: 49.7% versus 81.1% (RR, 0.61; 95% CI, 0.58-0.65). The RL algorithms performed significantly better than all the other algorithms. Compared with clinicians' actual practice, the RL-optimized INR trajectory reached and maintained within the target range significantly faster and longer. DISCUSSION RL could offer interactive, practical clinical decision support for sequential decision-making tasks and is potentially adaptable for varied clinical scenarios. Prospective validation is needed. CONCLUSION An RL algorithm significantly optimized the post-operation warfarin anticoagulation quality compared with clinicians' actual practice, suggesting its potential for challenging sequential decision-making tasks.
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- Juntong Zeng
- National Clinical Research Center of Cardiovascular Diseases, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Beijing, People's Republic of China.,State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Beijing, People's Republic of China.,Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- National Clinical Research Center of Cardiovascular Diseases, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Beijing, People's Republic of China.,State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Beijing, People's Republic of China.,Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, People's Republic of China.,Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- National Clinical Research Center of Cardiovascular Diseases, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Beijing, People's Republic of China.,State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Beijing, People's Republic of China.,Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing, People's Republic of China.,Beijing National Research Center for Information Science and Technology (BNRist), Tsinghua University, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- National Clinical Research Center of Cardiovascular Diseases, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Beijing, People's Republic of China.,State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing, People's Republic of China.,Beijing National Research Center for Information Science and Technology (BNRist), Tsinghua University, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- National Clinical Research Center of Cardiovascular Diseases, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Beijing, People's Republic of China.,State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Beijing, People's Republic of China.,Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, People's Republic of China.,Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Beijing, People's Republic of China.,National Health Commission Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Regenerative Medicine, Fuwai Central-China Hospital, Central-China Branch of National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhengzhou, People's Republic of China
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Precision Medicine for Hypertension Patients with Type 2 Diabetes via Reinforcement Learning. J Pers Med 2022; 12:jpm12010087. [PMID: 35055402 PMCID: PMC8781402 DOI: 10.3390/jpm12010087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2021] [Revised: 12/06/2021] [Accepted: 12/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Precision medicine is a new approach to understanding health and disease based on patient-specific data such as medical diagnoses; clinical phenotype; biologic investigations such as laboratory studies and imaging; and environmental, demographic, and lifestyle factors. The importance of machine learning techniques in healthcare has expanded quickly in the last decade owing to the rising availability of vast multi-modality data and developed computational models and algorithms. Reinforcement learning is an appealing method for developing efficient policies in various healthcare areas where the decision-making process is typically defined by a long period or a sequential process. In our research, we leverage the power of reinforcement learning and electronic health records of South Koreans to dynamically recommend treatment prescriptions, which are personalized based on patient information of hypertension. Our proposed reinforcement learning-based treatment recommendation system decides whether to use mono, dual, or triple therapy according to the state of the hypertension patients. We evaluated the performance of our personalized treatment recommendation model by lowering the occurrence of hypertension-related complications and blood pressure levels of patients who followed our model’s recommendation. With our findings, we believe that our proposed hypertension treatment recommendation model could assist doctors in prescribing appropriate antihypertensive medications.
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Rudin C, Chen C, Chen Z, Huang H, Semenova L, Zhong C. Interpretable machine learning: Fundamental principles and 10 grand challenges. STATISTICS SURVEYS 2022. [DOI: 10.1214/21-ss133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Machine learning can be used to make sense of healthcare data. Probabilistic machine learning models help provide a complete picture of observed data in healthcare. In this review, we examine how probabilistic machine learning can advance healthcare. We consider challenges in the predictive model building pipeline where probabilistic models can be beneficial, including calibration and missing data. Beyond predictive models, we also investigate the utility of probabilistic machine learning models in phenotyping, in generative models for clinical use cases, and in reinforcement learning.
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- Irene Y Chen
- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA;
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- Vector Institute, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1M1, Canada; .,Institute for Medical and Evaluative Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Department of Computer Science, Courant Institute, New York University, New York, NY 10012, USA.,Center for Data Science, New York University, New York, NY 10012, USA.,Department of Population Health, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
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Hong N, Park H, Rhee Y. Machine Learning Applications in Endocrinology and Metabolism Research: An Overview. Endocrinol Metab (Seoul) 2020; 35:71-84. [PMID: 32207266 PMCID: PMC7090299 DOI: 10.3803/enm.2020.35.1.71] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2020] [Revised: 02/15/2020] [Accepted: 02/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Machine learning (ML) applications have received extensive attention in endocrinology research during the last decade. This review summarizes the basic concepts of ML and certain research topics in endocrinology and metabolism where ML principles have been actively deployed. Relevant studies are discussed to provide an overview of the methodology, main findings, and limitations of ML, with the goal of stimulating insights into future research directions. Clear, testable study hypotheses stem from unmet clinical needs, and the management of data quality (beyond a focus on quantity alone), open collaboration between clinical experts and ML engineers, the development of interpretable high-performance ML models beyond the black-box nature of some algorithms, and a creative environment are the core prerequisites for the foreseeable changes expected to be brought about by ML and artificial intelligence in the field of endocrinology and metabolism, with actual improvements in clinical practice beyond hype. Of note, endocrinologists will continue to play a central role in these developments as domain experts who can properly generate, refine, analyze, and interpret data with a combination of clinical expertise and scientific rigor.
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- Namki Hong
- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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