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Bioengineering in a Generative AI World

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

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2025 | Viewed by 1562

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Prof. Dr. Yifan Zhao

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Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Cranfield University, Cranfield MK43 0AL, UK
Interests: machine learning; artificial intelligence; human factors; pattern recognition; digital twins; instrumentation, sensors and measurement science; systems engineering; through-life engineering services
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Dr. Ulas Bagci

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Radiology and Biomedical Engineering Department, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
Interests: artificial intelligence; medical artificial intelligence; biomedical imaging; digital health; explainable AI; trustworthy AI; generative AI
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Dr. Yuxiang Zhou

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Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic at Arizona, Phoenix, AZ 85054, USA
Interests: image; MRI; PET; artificial intelligence; safety; medicine
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Artificial intelligence (AI), particularly generative AI, has emerged as an important tool in healthcare. It encompasses various machine learning techniques that can create new content or predict outcomes based on existing data and have been harnessed to address complex biological problems. For instance, the design of biomolecules, drug discovery, and personalized medicine can significantly benefit from generative models that analyze vast datasets to generate novel hypotheses, streamline experimental processes, and optimize therapeutic options. The ability to simulate biological processes and predict molecular interactions opens new avenues for researchers, paving the way for more efficient and effective solutions to health-related challenges.

This Special Issue welcomes original research articles, comprehensive reviews, and case studies that illustrate the integration of generative AI in bioengineering. Topics of interest include but are not limited to AI-driven biodesign, generative modeling in synthetic biology, machine learning applications in biostatistics, and the interplay between computational tools and experimental techniques. Contributions that document successful collaborations between bioengineers and AI experts will greatly enrich this conversation and inspire future interdisciplinary efforts.

Prof. Dr. Yifan Zhao
Dr. Ulas Bagci
Dr. Yuxiang Zhou
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  • generative AI
  • bioengineering
  • machine learning
  • synthetic biology
  • drug discovery

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An Innovative Artificial Intelligence Classification Model for Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathy Utilizing Cardiac Biomechanics Derived from Magnetic Resonance Imaging
by Liqiang Fu, Peifang Zhang, Liuquan Cheng, Peng Zhi, Jiayu Xu, Xiaolei Liu, Yang Zhang, Ziwen Xu and Kunlun He
Bioengineering 2025, 12(6), 670; https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering12060670 - 19 Jun 2025
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Significant challenges persist in diagnosing non-ischemic cardiomyopathies (NICMs) owing to early morphological overlap and subtle functional changes. While cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) offers gold-standard structural assessment, current morphology-based AI models frequently overlook key biomechanical dysfunctions like diastolic/systolic abnormalities. To address this, we propose [...] Read more.
Significant challenges persist in diagnosing non-ischemic cardiomyopathies (NICMs) owing to early morphological overlap and subtle functional changes. While cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) offers gold-standard structural assessment, current morphology-based AI models frequently overlook key biomechanical dysfunctions like diastolic/systolic abnormalities. To address this, we propose a dual-path hybrid deep learning framework based on CNN-LSTM and MLP, integrating anatomical features from cine CMR with biomechanical markers derived from intraventricular pressure gradients (IVPGs), significantly enhancing NICM subtype classification by capturing subtle biomechanical dysfunctions overlooked by traditional morphological models. Our dual-path architecture combines a CNN-LSTM encoder for cine CMR analysis and an MLP encoder for IVPG time-series data, followed by feature fusion and dense classification layers. Trained on a multicenter dataset of 1196 patients and externally validated on 137 patients from a distinct institution, the model achieved a superior performance (internal AUC: 0.974; external AUC: 0.962), outperforming ResNet50, VGG16, and radiomics-based SVM. Ablation studies confirmed IVPGs’ significant contribution, while gradient saliency and gradient-weighted class activation mapping (Grad-CAM) visualizations proved the model pays attention to physiologically relevant cardiac regions and phases. The framework maintained robust generalizability across imaging protocols and institutions with minimal performance degradation. By synergizing biomechanical insights with deep learning, our approach offers an interpretable, data-efficient solution for early NICM detection and subtype differentiation, holding strong translational potential for clinical practice. Full article
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Artificial Intelligence Outperforms Physicians in General Medical Knowledge, Except in the Paediatrics Domain: A Cross-Sectional Study
by Joana Miranda, Raquel Pereira-Silva, João Guichard, Jorge Meneses, Andreia Neves Carreira and Daniela Seixas
Bioengineering 2025, 12(6), 653; https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering12060653 - 14 Jun 2025
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Generative artificial intelligence (genAI) shows promising results in clinical practice. This study compared a GPT-4-turbo virtual assistant with physicians from Italy, France, Spain, and Portugal on medical knowledge derived from national exams while analysing knowledge retention over time and domain-specific performance. Via a [...] Read more.
Generative artificial intelligence (genAI) shows promising results in clinical practice. This study compared a GPT-4-turbo virtual assistant with physicians from Italy, France, Spain, and Portugal on medical knowledge derived from national exams while analysing knowledge retention over time and domain-specific performance. Via a digital platform, 17,144 physicians provided 221,574 answers to 600 exam questions between December 2022 and February 2024. Physicians were stratified by years since graduation and specialty, and the assistant answered the same questions in each native language. Differences in proportions of correct answers were tested with binomial logistic regression (odds ratios, 95% CI) or Fisher’s exact test (α = 0.05). The assistant outperformed physicians in all countries (72–96% vs. 46–62%; logistic regression, p < 0.001). Physicians also trailed the assistant across most knowledge domains (p < 0.001), except paediatrics (45% vs. 52%; Fisher, p = 0.60). Accuracy declined with seniority, falling 4–10% between the youngest and oldest cohorts (logistic regression, p < 0.001). Overall, genAI exceeds practising doctors on broad medical knowledge and may help counter knowledge attrition, though paediatrics remains a domain requiring targeted refinement. Full article
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