Machine Learning and Deep Learning Applications in Healthcare

A special issue of Bioengineering (ISSN 2306-5354). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomedical Engineering and Biomaterials".

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Interests: artificial intelligence; machine learning; deep learning; medical decision support systems; biomedical diagnostic techniques; personalized medical treatments; molecular sciences; medical imaging
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Dear Colleagues,

Deep learning is one of the research topics that attracts a lot of attention from healthcare system researchers. Compared to traditional machine learning methods, deep learning algorithms demonstrate their ability to train models from large datasets and images.

The computational capacity of deep learning models has enabled fast, accurate, and efficient operations in healthcare. Deep learning networks are transforming patient care and play a fundamental role in healthcare systems in clinical practice. Computer vision, natural language processing, and reinforcement learning are the most used deep learning techniques in healthcare. Moreover, these algorithms have significantly outperformed the performance of traditional methodologies for computer vision, natural language processing, robotics, and other fields.

This Special Issue on “Machine Learning and Deep Learning Applications in Healthcare” will focus on research works on the latest applications of deep learning in data analysis in different areas of healthcare research. The topics of interest for this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Healthcare data analytics;
  • Medical imaging;
  • Deep learning in time series processing;
  • Biomedical diagnostic techniques;
  • Personalized medical treatments;
  • Predictive Modelling for Improving Healthcare;
  • Medical decision support systems;
  • Multimodal data processing and analysis for smart health;
  • Medical systems based on big data and artificial intelligence;
  • Artificial intelligence;
  • Other related topics regarding healthcare, deep learning, and biomedical engineering.

Dr. Jorge Mateo Sotos
Dr. Ana María Torres Aranda
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Keywords

  • machine learning
  • deep learning
  • big-data enabled healthcare systems
  • biomedical diagnostic techniques
  • diagnostic imaging
  • medical decision making
  • digital pathology
  • digital radiology
  • artificial neural networks
  • artificial intelligence
  • smart health

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Assessment of Albumin-Incorporating Scores at Hepatocellular Carcinoma Diagnosis Using Machine Learning Techniques: An Evaluation of Prognostic Relevance
by Miguel Suárez, Pablo Martínez-Blanco, Sergio Gil-Rojas, Ana M. Torres, Miguel Torralba-González and Jorge Mateo
Bioengineering 2024, 11(8), 762; https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering11080762 - 28 Jul 2024
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Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) presents high mortality rates worldwide, with limited evidence on prognostic factors at diagnosis. This study evaluates the utility of common scores incorporating albumin as predictors of mortality at HCC diagnosis using Machine Learning techniques. They are also compared to other [...] Read more.
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) presents high mortality rates worldwide, with limited evidence on prognostic factors at diagnosis. This study evaluates the utility of common scores incorporating albumin as predictors of mortality at HCC diagnosis using Machine Learning techniques. They are also compared to other scores and variables commonly used. A retrospective cohort study was conducted with 191 patients from Virgen de la Luz Hospital of Cuenca and University Hospital of Guadalajara. Demographic, analytical, and tumor-specific variables were included. Various Machine Learning algorithms were implemented, with eXtreme Gradient Boosting (XGB) as the reference method. In the predictive model developed, the Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer score was the best predictor of mortality, closely followed by the Platelet-Albumin-Bilirubin and Albumin-Bilirubin scores. Albumin levels alone also showed high relevance. Other scores, such as C-Reactive Protein/albumin and Child-Pugh performed less effectively. XGB proved to be the most accurate method across the metrics analyzed, outperforming other ML algorithms. In conclusion, the Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer, Platelet-Albumin-Bilirubin and Albumin-Bilirubin scores are highly reliable for assessing survival at HCC diagnosis. The XGB-developed model proved to be the most reliable for this purpose compared to the other proposed methods. Full article
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