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The Index

What the evidence says.What the public feels.

Ranks distinct AI gain and problem claims from the published record. Scores reward impact, independent source strength, scale, confidence, and recency.

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AI gains · 788

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GainHealth· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

Applying FDA-cleared SubtleHD enhancement to already diagnostic-quality T1 MRI improved Alzheimer's disease classification performance and allowed models trained on only 70% of enhanced data to match full-data standard-of-care performance.

A retrospective study of 2293 ADNI brain MRIs plus 270 external NACC scans tested whether SubtleHD, an FDA-cleared deep learning enhancement tool, could improve downstream Alzheimer's classification when applied to already diagnostic-quality 1.5T T1-weighted images. ResNet34 and DenseNet121 models trained on enhanced images outperformed those trained on standard-of-care images on internal and external tests.

Impact 30%69
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%94

Updated Aug 15, 2026 · TRV-2026-0769

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GainHealth· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

Solvent extraction of urine analyzed by GC-MS and XGBoost distinguished bladder cancer patients from controls with AUROC 0.869 and 85% balanced sensitivity and specificity using an 8-metabolite panel.

On 2026-08-07, researchers reported a urine-based test for urothelial bladder cancer that combines solvent extraction, GC-MS profiling, and machine learning. In 100 participants, an XGBoost model using an 8-metabolite panel achieved AUROC 0.869, improving on classical statistics at 0.752, with 85% balanced sensitivity and specificity.

Impact 30%69
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%93

Updated Aug 10, 2026 · TRV-2026-0728

74
GainHealth· Rising· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

AI-based machine learning applied to cholangioscopy images achieved high pooled diagnostic performance for indeterminate and malignant biliary strictures, with 95% sensitivity and 88% specificity.

By August 2026, researchers published a systematic review and meta-analysis of AI combined with digital cholangioscopy for indeterminate and malignant biliary strictures. The analysis pooled five studies totaling 675 lesions and 2,685,674 images, finding pooled sensitivity of 95%, specificity of 88%, and SROC accuracy of 97% for AI-assisted diagnosis.

Impact 30%69
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%92

Updated Aug 7, 2026 · TRV-2026-0679

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GainHealth· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

A Bi-LSTM and CNN fusion model combining text and visual data achieved 91.3% precision and 90.1% F-score on emotion recognition and up to 85.32% accuracy on depression classification, outperforming single-modal baselines.

A peer-reviewed study published August 6, 2026 proposes a deep learning framework for dynamic mental health assessment that fuses text and visual modalities. The model uses Bi-LSTM for text and CNN for images, trained on a jointly annotated dataset labeled with self-assessment questionnaires and expert annotations.

Impact 30%69
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%92

Updated Aug 7, 2026 · TRV-2026-0678

AI problems · 631

71
ProblemScience· Stable· Evidence: High (5 sources)

Widespread use of ChatGPT and other generative AI has raised potential ethical issues in high-stakes health care applications, but ethical discussions have not yet been translated into operationalisable solutions.

Published September 17, 2024, this scoping review in The Lancet Digital Health examined ethical discussions surrounding generative AI in health care, including ChatGPT and other models used to synthesise data such as images for research and practical purposes. The authors found that ethical concerns have been widely noted but not translated into operational solutions.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%100
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%100
Recency 10%89

Updated Jul 20, 2026 · TRV-2026-0360

71
ProblemHealth· Stable· Evidence: High (5 sources)

AI-enabled nanomedicine development faces persistent challenges with data quality, interpretability, and generalizability that hinder reproducible synthesis and reliable clinical translation.

Published March 17, 2026, this peer-reviewed review in BioNanoScience examines how artificial intelligence and machine learning are used to design and characterize nanoparticles for medical use. It describes AI models that predict physicochemical attributes, optimize synthesis conditions, and analyze characterization data to improve targeted therapeutics.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%100
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%100
Recency 10%89

Updated Jul 20, 2026 · TRV-2026-0356

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ProblemHealth· Stable· Evidence: High (3 sources)

Opaque AI models embedded in clinical trial infrastructure risk amplifying existing disparities in the evidence base by shaping who is identified and analyzed.

As of the July 2026 publication date, the authors describe AI being embedded in clinical trial infrastructure and argue that opaque models risk amplifying disparities. They propose embedded transparency as a structural prerequisite for equitable trials and outline governance recommendations.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%100
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%100
Recency 10%89

Updated Jul 20, 2026 · TRV-2026-0313

71
ProblemHealth· Stable· Evidence: High (5 sources)

Development of computational pathology foundation models is constrained by limited data accessibility, high variability across datasets, need for domain-specific adaptation, and lack of standardized evaluation benchmarks

As of the July 2 2026 publication date, this peer-reviewed survey summarized the state of computational pathology foundation models that use self-supervised learning on unlabeled whole-slide images to support pathology tasks. It reported that these uni-modal and multi-modal models have shown promise for segmentation, classification, and biomarker discovery, while focusing its review on datasets, adaptation strategies, and evaluation tasks.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%100
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%100
Recency 10%89

Updated Jul 17, 2026 · TRV-2026-0248

Recomputed live from the record · Sep 15, 2026, 5:22 PM