- Information bottleneck-driven Gaussian PID enables modality-level interpretability in multimodal survival prediction. [Journal Article]Comput Methods Programs Biomed. 2026 Jul 29; 286:109566. [Online ahead of print]CM
- CONCLUSIONS: IB-GPID provides a principled and biologically interpretable framework for quantifying shared, unique, and synergistic molecular mechanisms underlying cancer prognosis.
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- Interpretable Machine Learning Model Using Oxygenation and Respiratory Variability to Predict Hemorrhagic Stroke Mortality: A Multicenter Validation Study. [Journal Article]Comput Methods Programs Biomed. 2026 Jul 29; 286:109572. [Online ahead of print]CM
- CONCLUSIONS: We developed and externally validated a machine learning model incorporating oxygenation and respiratory variability for mortality risk estimation in patients with hemorrhagic stroke. The model showed strong internal performance and acceptable external discrimination after a 72-hour ICU observation window. However, the low external positive predictive value and cross-cohort differences in event prevalence and treatment patterns limit immediate clinical application. The model should therefore be considered a risk-estimation framework that requires recalibration and prospective validation before integration into clinical decision-support systems.
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- Global and local pseudo-label filtering for semi-supervised carotid plaque classification from ultrasound. [Journal Article]Comput Methods Programs Biomed. 2026 Jul 28; 286:109568. [Online ahead of print]CM
- CONCLUSIONS: These findings highlight the efficacy and precision of the GLPF algorithm in classifying carotid plaques with limited labeled training data, indicating its potential for identifying vulnerable carotid plaques in clinical practice.
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- Adaptive graph convolutional neural network incorporating ECG for individualized motor imagery EEG classification. [Journal Article]Comput Methods Programs Biomed. 2026 Jul 27; 286:109564. [Online ahead of print]CM
- CONCLUSIONS: Experimental results demonstrate that HAD-GCN significantly improves cross-subject classification performance and prediction reliability while maintaining strong generalization capabilities. The proposed multi-level adaptive approach consistently enhances classification accuracy for individual subjects, highlighting its potential for practical applications in EEG-based technologies. Our code is available at https://github.com/chuanlaiair/HAD-GCN.
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- Sigmatism detection from child speech spectrograms using convolutional autoencoders and support vector machines. [Journal Article]Comput Methods Programs Biomed. 2026 Jul 28; 286:109561. [Online ahead of print]CM
- CONCLUSIONS: The results demonstrate the potential of CAE-based representations for automatic detection of non-normative sibilant articulation in children's speech, especially within affricate sounds that are rarely addressed in the literature on sigmatism detection.
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- Alzheimer's disease-related β-amyloid deposition prediction based on plasma biomarkers, ApoE4, and CDR with a machine learning approach. [Journal Article]Comput Methods Programs Biomed. 2026 Jul 24; 286:109567. [Online ahead of print]CM
- CONCLUSIONS: By applying the Centiloid quantification framework for amyloid-PET and employing plasma biomarkers along with established AD-related risk factors, this study demonstrates the feasibility of machine learning models as a low-risk, cost-effective approach for predicting amyloid-PET imaging outcomes. These findings highlight the potential to support clinical decision-making and reduce reliance on costly imaging techniques for early AD detection.
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- A contextual activity score (CAS) for inferring ADAR-associated transcriptional activity across RNA-seq, single-cell, and spatial transcriptomics. [Journal Article]Comput Methods Programs Biomed. 2026 Jul 21; 286:109563. [Online ahead of print]CM
- CONCLUSIONS: CAS provides a scalable approach applicable across multiple RNA-seq protocols for estimating ADAR-associated transcriptional activity using gene expression data. This method, implemented in an open-source R package for broad adoption, expands the ability to study ADAR-associated transcriptional activity across transcriptomic modalities where direct editing quantification is challenging, such as single-cell and spatial transcriptomics.
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- Applications of quantum AI in brain disorder diagnosis: A systematic review. [Review]Comput Methods Programs Biomed. 2026 Jul 22; 286:109565. [Online ahead of print]CM
- CONCLUSIONS: QAI shows emerging potential for brain disorder analysis, particularly through hybrid quantum-classical learning, quantum neural architectures, quantum-kernel methods, and quantum-inspired optimization. Nevertheless, current evidence remains preliminary and requires larger datasets, subject-level and external validation, fair classical benchmarking, noise-resilient circuits, real quantum hardware evaluation, explainability, and clinical validation.
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- Multidimensional decomposition framework for electrocardiographic interference, noise and artifacts removal from diaphragmatic electromyography. [Journal Article]Comput Methods Programs Biomed. 2026 Jul 27; 286:109559. [Online ahead of print]CM
- CONCLUSIONS: These results demonstrate that incorporating a third (spatial) dimension and adaptive thresholding across tensor modes enables robust removal of ECG interference and motion artifacts while preserving respiratory dEMG modulation. The proposed HO-SVD framework offers a flexible and effective approach for multichannel biomedical signal denoising.
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- AttentionCCA: An attention-based canonical correlation analysis framework for integrative multi-omics cancer stratification. [Journal Article]Comput Methods Programs Biomed. 2026 Jul 23; 286:109562. [Online ahead of print]CM
- CONCLUSIONS: By combining classical correlation analysis and modern attention mechanisms, AttentionCCA transforms multi-omics complexity into interpretable structure, enabling robust cancer subtype stratification and revealing biologically grounded molecular signatures. This work demonstrates how attention-guided representation learning can enhance our understanding of cancer heterogeneity.
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- Predicting OCT-defined vulnerable plaques and MACE using quantitative imaging features of pericoronary adipose tissue from coronary CTA. [Journal Article]Comput Methods Programs Biomed. 2026 Jul 24; 286:109570. [Online ahead of print]CM
- CONCLUSIONS: A noninvasive DL radiomics model based on PCAT features may facilitate the identification of vulnerable plaques and CAD patients at high risk for future adverse events.
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- AdaPR: Adaptive Plane Reformatting for 4D flow MRI using deep reinforcement learning. [Journal Article]Comput Methods Programs Biomed. 2026 Jul 21; 286:109546. [Online ahead of print]CM
- CONCLUSIONS: AdaPR provides robust, orientation-independent plane reformatting for 4D flow MRI, achieving flow quantification comparable to expert observers. Its adaptability across datasets and scanners makes it a promising candidate for other medical imaging applications beyond 4D flow MRI.
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- Understanding palliative care trajectories through clustering, calibrated prediction models, and explainable AI. [Journal Article]Comput Methods Programs Biomed. 2026 Jul 22; 286:109554. [Online ahead of print]CM
- CONCLUSIONS: Palliative care needs follow a continuous severity gradient, with prediction accuracy varying across disease stages, most closely aligned to functional status. Prediction is most accurate near the end of life and least accurate earlier, highlighting a clinical paradox where intervention potential is greatest when predictions are most uncertain. Methodologically, these findings show that calibration improves prediction reliability, while clustering enhances interpretability without increasing accuracy. The value of machine learning lies not in maximizing accuracy alone, but in combining calibrated predictions with interpretable stratification to support stage-specific care planning.
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- Can we really trust generative models in healthcare? A systematic review of uncertainty quantification in generative AI for medical imaging. [Review]Comput Methods Programs Biomed. 2026 Jul 21; 285:109560. [Online ahead of print]CM
- CONCLUSIONS: UQ integration represents a crucial advancement toward trustworthy generative AI systems in medical imaging. Key priorities identified include standardizing uncertainty metrics, developing computationally efficient frameworks, and embedding uncertainty awareness within generation processes. These findings suggest that UQ methods can enhance the clinical reliability of generative AI applications in medical imaging.
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- AGSI: Adaptive group-enhanced strategy for iterative integration of single-cell multi-omics. [Journal Article]Comput Methods Programs Biomed. 2026 Jul 23; 286:109556. [Online ahead of print]CM
- CONCLUSIONS: AGSI provides a robust and scalable solution for multi-omics integration that preserves biological interpretability while achieving superior technical performance. AGSI is well suited to biomedical analyses requiring accurate cell type identification. The implementation code is available at https://github.com/CDMBlab/AGSI.
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