AI and Data Science in Bioengineering: Innovations and Applications

A special issue of Bioengineering (ISSN 2306-5354). This special issue belongs to the section "Biosignal Processing".

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Dear Colleagues,

The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) and data science into bioengineering has the potential to revolutionize the field by providing new data analysis and methods predictive modeling and the development of innovative bioengineering solutions. This Special Issue aims to explore the intersection of AI, data science, and bioengineering, showcasing how these technologies can advance bioengineering science and technology by

  • AI in biomedical engineering and applications;
  • AI-driven diagnostic tools and medical imaging;
  • Machine learning algorithms for predictive modeling in clinical engineering;
  • AI applications in biomechatronic and biomedical devices;
  • Development of smart biomaterials using AI;
  • Data science in biomolecular, cellular, and tissue engineering;
  • Big data analytics in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine;
  • Data-driven approaches to genetic and metabolic engineering;
  • Computational modeling and simulation of cellular and molecular processes;
  • Applications of AI in synthetic biology and bio-nanotechnology;
  • Bioinformatics and bioprocess engineering;
  • AI and machine learning for bioinformatics and genomic data analysis;
  • Data science techniques for optimizing bioprocess design and biocatalysis;
  • Predictive modeling and simulation in bioreactor design;
  • Integration of AI in bioseparation and bioenergy production processes;
  • Wearable and implantable bioelectronics;
  • AI-enhanced wearable electronics for health monitoring;
  • Machine learning in implantable electronic devices;
  • Data-driven design of bioelectronics devices;
  • Advanced sensing and circuit technologies using AI;
  • Translational bioengineering;
  • Case studies demonstrating the translational impact of AI in bioengineering;
  • AI methodologies for bridging experimental research and clinical applications;
  • Data science techniques in the development of translational bioengineering solutions;
  • Innovations in neurotechnology and rehabilitation engineering using AI.

Dr. Muneer Ahmad
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • AI
  • data science
  • bioengineering
  • biomedical engineering
  • predictive modeling
  • machine learning
  • smart biomaterials
  • tissue engineering

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Robust Automated Mouse Micro-CT Segmentation Using Swin UNEt TRansformers
by Lu Jiang, Di Xu, Qifan Xu, Arion Chatziioannou, Keisuke S. Iwamoto, Susanta Hui and Ke Sheng
Bioengineering 2024, 11(12), 1255; https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering11121255 - 11 Dec 2024
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Image-guided mouse irradiation is essential to understand interventions involving radiation prior to human studies. Our objective is to employ Swin UNEt TRansformers (Swin UNETR) to segment native micro-CT and contrast-enhanced micro-CT scans and benchmark the results against 3D no-new-Net (nnU-Net). Swin UNETR reformulates [...] Read more.
Image-guided mouse irradiation is essential to understand interventions involving radiation prior to human studies. Our objective is to employ Swin UNEt TRansformers (Swin UNETR) to segment native micro-CT and contrast-enhanced micro-CT scans and benchmark the results against 3D no-new-Net (nnU-Net). Swin UNETR reformulates mouse organ segmentation as a sequence-to-sequence prediction task using a hierarchical Swin Transformer encoder to extract features at five resolution levels, and it connects to a Fully Convolutional Neural Network (FCNN)-based decoder via skip connections. The models were trained and evaluated on open datasets, with data separation based on individual mice. Further evaluation on an external mouse dataset acquired on a different micro-CT with lower kVp and higher imaging noise was also employed to assess model robustness and generalizability. The results indicate that Swin UNETR consistently outperforms nnU-Net and AIMOS in terms of the average dice similarity coefficient (DSC) and the Hausdorff distance (HD95p), except in two mice for intestine contouring. This superior performance is especially evident in the external dataset, confirming the model’s robustness to variations in imaging conditions, including noise and quality, and thereby positioning Swin UNETR as a highly generalizable and efficient tool for automated contouring in pre-clinical workflows. Full article
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