Research

AI & Digital Medicine

Interpretable deep learning on brain images and physiological signals, and the digital-medicine infrastructure that turns those models into usable clinical research tools.

14 publications

2026

Digital Medicine in Neuropsychiatry: Prospects, Applications, and the Emerging Framework of Precision Psychiatry

Yang AC. Journal of physiological investigation69(2):118-126.

A review mapping how digital medicine — wearables, AI and big data — is reshaping neuropsychiatry and enabling an emerging framework of precision psychiatry.

First authorHigh impact
2025

Comparison of machine learning and conventional criteria in detecting left ventricular hypertrophy and prognosis with electrocardiography

Huang JT, Tseng CH, Huang WM, Yu WC, Cheng HM, … Sung SH (10 authors). European heart journal. Digital health6(2):252-260.

Cox regression analyses showed that LVH identified by AI algorithm (hazard ratio and 95% confidence interval: 1.587, 1.309-1.924), Sokolow-Lyon (1.19, 1.038-1.365), Cornell product (1.301, 1.124-1.505), Cornell/strain index (1.306, 1.185-1.439), Framingham criterion (1.174, 1.062-1.298), and echocardiography-confirmed LVH (1.124, 1.019-1.239) were all significantly associated with mortality.

2024

Optimization of Using Multiple Machine Learning Approaches in Atrial Fibrillation Detection Based on a Large-Scale Data Set of 12-Lead Electrocardiograms: Cross-Sectional Study

Chuang BB, Yang AC. JMIR formative research8:e47803.

In conclusion, this study successfully used machine learning methodologies, particularly the LightGBM model, to differentiate SR and AF based on power spectral features derived from 12-lead ECGs.

Senior author
2023

Predicting aging trajectories of decline in brain volume, cortical thickness and fractional anisotropy in schizophrenia

Zhu JD, Tsai SJ, Lin CP, Lee YJ, Yang AC. Schizophrenia (Heidelberg, Germany)9(1):1.

Our findings suggest that schizophrenia differentially affects the decline of different brain structures during the disease course.

Senior author

Rapid detection of nicotine and benzoic acid in e-liquids with surface-enhanced Raman scattering and artificial intelligence-assisted spectrum interpretation

Chien JY, Gu YC, Liu CH, Tsai HM, Lee CN, … Lin CH (10 authors). Journal of pharmaceutical and biomedical analysis233:115456.

Our previous study demonstrated a surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)-based approach to identify nicotine-containing e-liquids; without any pre-treatment, e-liquid can be directly tested on our solid-phase SERS substrates, made of silver nanoparticle arrays embedded in anodic aluminium oxide nanochannels (Ag/AAO).

2022

Functional MRI and ApoE4 genotype for predicting cognitive decline in amyloid-positive individuals

Zhu JD, Huang CW, Chang HI, Tsai SJ, Huang SH, … Yang AC (10 authors). Therapeutic advances in neurological disorders15:17562864221138154.

These findings can assist clinicians in predicting changes in cognitive status in individuals with a high risk of Alzheimer's disease and can assist future studies in developing precise treatment and prevention strategies.

Senior author

Smartphone-based artificial intelligence using a transfer learning algorithm for the detection and diagnosis of middle ear diseases: A retrospective deep learning study

Chen YC, Chu YC, Huang CY, Lee YT, Lee WY, … Cheng YF (9 authors). EClinicalMedicine51:101543.

Our results show that the proposed method provides sufficient treatment recommendations that are comparable to those of specialists.

High impact
2021

Deep Neural Network to Differentiate Brain Activity Between Patients With First-Episode Schizophrenia and Healthy Individuals: A Multi-Channel Near Infrared Spectroscopy Study

Chou PH, Yao YH, Zheng RX, Liou YL, Liu TT, … Wang SC (8 authors). Frontiers in psychiatry12:655292.

This study aimed to differentiate between patients with FES and healthy controls (HCs) on basis of the frontotemporal activity measured by NIRS with a support vector machine (SVM) and deep neural network (DNN) classifier.

Predicting Norovirus in the United States Using Google Trends: Infodemiology Study

Yuan K, Huang G, Wang L, Wang T, Liu W, … Yang AC (7 authors). Journal of medical Internet research23(9):e24554.

We found that fever, gastroenteritis, poison, cruise, wedding, and watery diarrhea were important factors correlated with norovirus Google Trends.

Senior authorHigh impact

Prediction of Probable Major Depressive Disorder in the Taiwan Biobank: An Integrated Machine Learning and Genome-Wide Analysis Approach

Lin E, Kuo PH, Lin WY, Liu YL, Yang AC, Tsai SJ. Journal of personalized medicine11(7).

Our study suggests that an integrated machine learning and genome-wide analysis approach may offer an advantageous method to establish bioinformatics tools for discriminating MDD patients from healthy controls.

Validation of Machine Learning-Based Individualized Treatment for Depressive Disorder Using Target Trial Emulation

Wu CS, Yang AC, Chang SS, Chang CM, Liu YH, … Tsai HJ (7 authors). Journal of personalized medicine11(12).

In emulation of clinical trials, the model-selected regimen was associated with a reduced treatment failure rate.

2020

Development of an Al-Based Web Diagnostic System for Phenotyping Psychiatric Disorders

Chang YW, Tsai SJ, Wu YF, Yang AC. Frontiers in psychiatry11:542394.

Discussion: Together, our approach under the EDNN framework demonstrated the potential future direction of making a schizophrenia diagnosis based on structural brain imaging data.

Senior author

Prediction of Antidepressant Treatment Response and Remission Using an Ensemble Machine Learning Framework

Lin E, Kuo PH, Liu YL, Yu YW, Yang AC, Tsai SJ. Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland)13(10).

Our study demonstrates that the ensemble machine learning framework may present a useful technique to create bioinformatics tools for discriminating non-responders from responders prior to antidepressant treatments.

2018

A Deep Learning Approach for Predicting Antidepressant Response in Major Depression Using Clinical and Genetic Biomarkers

Lin E, Kuo PH, Liu YL, Yu YW, Yang AC, Tsai SJ. Frontiers in psychiatry9:290.

By using the SNP dataset that was original to a genome-wide association study, we selected 10 SNPs (including ABCA13 rs4917029, BNIP3 rs9419139, CACNA1E rs704329, EXOC4 rs6978272, GRIN2B rs7954376, LHFPL3 rs4352778, NELL1 rs2139423, NUAK1 rs2956406, PREX1 rs4810894, and SLIT3 rs139863958) which were associated with antidepressant treatment response.