Applications of Mathematical and AI-Based Methods in Biomedical Informatics

A special issue of Mathematics (ISSN 2227-7390). This special issue belongs to the section "E1: Mathematics and Computer Science".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2026 | Viewed by 994

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School of Information Management, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
Interests: AI; algorithms; computer science; engineering mathematics; NLP

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue aims to showcase new advances and diverse approaches in artificial intelligence (AI) and mathematical methods for biomedical informatics, highlighting innovative and practical solutions that address the evolving landscape of biomedical research and healthcare. Advances in machine learning, deep learning, generative AI, and large language models are significantly reshaping medical imaging, disease diagnosis, drug discovery, genomics, personalized medicine, and clinical decision support. Persistent challenges in interpretability, data quality, ethics, and clinical integration underscore the need for interdisciplinary collaboration to ensure reliable and effective biomedical AI.

We particularly welcome research that demonstrates deployment impact or real-world applications, emphasizing the translation of theoretical advances into practical biomedical informatics strategies. We invite submissions that explore theoretical foundations, mathematical modeling, computational techniques, and practical implementations supporting biomedical data analysis and healthcare outcomes. The goal is to foster collaboration among mathematicians, computer scientists, engineers, practitioners, and biomedical researchers to advance intelligent, deployable biomedical informatics techniques.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • AI and machine learning methods for biomedical data analysis, including medical imaging, signal processing, and multimodal health data.
  • AI-assisted disease diagnosis, prognosis, and clinical decision support systems.
  • Precision medicine and personalized healthcare enabled by AI technologies.
  • AI applications in genomics, proteomics, bioinformatics, and drug discovery.
  • Generative AI and large language models for mental health, psychological modeling, and cognitive health applications.
  • Ethical, explainability, trust, and integration issues in biomedical and mental health AI systems.
  • Mathematical frameworks underpinning AI techniques in biomedicine.
  • Innovative AI/ML algorithms for biomedical applications, such as optimization, statistical learning, and computational models.
  • Use of graph neural networks and topological data analysis for biomedical data correlation and pattern discovery.
  • Explainable and interpretable deep learning models for transparent biomedical systems.
  • Real-time biomedical data analysis frameworks deployable in edge or distributed computing environments.
  • Mathematical approaches for benchmarking, evaluation metrics, and uncertainty quantification in biomedical AI performance.
  • Case studies exploring deployment, challenges, or societal, organizational, and policy-level impact.

Researchers and professionals working at the intersection of artificial intelligence, biomedical informatics, and related disciplines are encouraged to submit their contributions. Selected papers will provide new insights into detection accuracy, system resilience, and practical improvements for real-world applications using AI and mathematical methods.

Dr. Fan Wang
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • artificial intelligence
  • biomedical informatics
  • machine learning
  • generative Ai
  • clinical decision support
  • precision medicine
  • mathematical modelling
  • data analysis

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Multi-Scale Functional Connectivity and Temporal Attention- Based Brain Network Modeling for ASD Identification from rs-fMRI
by Ming Jing, Wenhao Bi and Li Zhang
Mathematics 2026, 14(13), 2388; https://doi.org/10.3390/math14132388 - 3 Jul 2026
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Abstract
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a heterogeneous neurodevelopmental condition, and objective identification based on neuroimaging remains challenging due to inter-subject variability, multi-site heterogeneity, and the complex topology of brain functional networks. Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) provides a non-invasive way to characterize [...] Read more.
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a heterogeneous neurodevelopmental condition, and objective identification based on neuroimaging remains challenging due to inter-subject variability, multi-site heterogeneity, and the complex topology of brain functional networks. Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) provides a non-invasive way to characterize intrinsic brain activity, but existing functional-connectivity-based methods often rely on single-scale static representations and insufficiently capture high-order topology, temporal evolution, and phenotypic heterogeneity. This study aims to develop a mathematical and AI-based brain-network modeling framework for ASD identification from rs-fMRI. The proposed method integrates low-order functional connectivity, high-order functional connectivity, phenotypic information, dynamic graph sequences, Transformer-based temporal attention, and static–dynamic gated fusion. Experiments were conducted on the ABIDE-I dataset, including 1112 subjects from 17 acquisition sites, with 539 ASD subjects and 573 typical controls. The proposed static multi-channel model achieved an accuracy of 75.8%, while the dynamic extension achieved a mean accuracy of 78.5% ± 0.7% and an AUC of 0.84 ± 0.01 over repeated runs. The results suggest that jointly modeling multi-scale static topology and dynamic temporal evolution may improve rs-fMRI-based ASD identification and offer a computationally interpretable framework for AI-assisted neuroimaging analysis. Full article
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