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‹ Thu · 3 Sep 2026
Promising but preliminary

Evaluation of a cornea-specialized large language model for diagnostic and management accuracy in complex corneal cases.

AI-enhanced diagnostic support improves accuracy in complex corneal cases, especially for less experienced clinicians.

Mikhail D(1), Milad D(2)(3), Antaki F(2)(4), Milad J(5), Sedarous F(4), Martin RA(4)(6), Vaudoisey L(4), El-Khoury J(2), Jabbour S(2)(4), Duval R(2)(3), Harissi-Dagher M(7)(8). A cornea-specialized LLM enhanced with RAG improved diagnostic accuracy in complex corneal cases, particularly among clinicians with lower baseline performance.

What the study was

Study design
Randomized controlled trial
Category
Diagnostics
Maturity
Potentially Practice-Changing
Journal
Int Ophthalmol

Why it surfaced

Score 7/10 meets STANDARD threshold for this randomized controlled trial on AI/ML in clinical diagnostics and imaging.

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