Artificial intelligence bot ChatGPT in medical research: the potential game changer as a double‐edged sword
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The applications may lack context to provide the LLMs effective information about specific cases.
“The applications may lack context to provide the LLMs effective information about specific cases [71].”
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Using ChatGPT for tasks like medical diagnosis or legal advice raises ethical concerns regarding accountability and responsibility.
“Additionally, using ChatGPT for tasks like medical diagnosis or legal advice raises ethical concerns regarding accountability and responsibility.8192021)”
From Application of ChatGPT for Orthopedic Surgeries and Patient Care (2024) · cites this paper as [20]
ChatGPT's capabilities extend to aid in the diagnosis of patient symptoms and interpretation of complex medical imaging.
“Its capabilities extend to aid in the diagnosis of patient symptoms and interpretation of complex medical imaging.”
From Application of ChatGPT for Orthopedic Surgeries and Patient Care (2024) · cites this paper as [20]
ChatGPT can generate 3-dimensional (3D) models or simulations of orthopedic surgeries.
“ChatGPT can generate 3-dimensional (3D) models or simulations of orthopedic surgeries.”
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Surgeons can interact with these virtual models to plan and practice surgical procedures, improve precision, and reduce the risk of errors during surgery.
“Surgeons can interact with these virtual models to plan and practice surgical procedures, improve precision, and reduce the risk of errors during surgery.”
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ChatGPT's analysis of a patient's medical history and imaging studies could generate treatment recommendations based on established clinical guidelines and expert opinions, assisting orthopedic surgeons in decision-making.
“ChatGPT’s analysis of a patient’s medical history and imaging studies could generate treatment recommendations based on established clinical guidelines and expert opinions, assisting orthopedic surgeons in decision-making.122022)”
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ChatGPT can be used to support medical education, acting as a virtual assistant for medical students, answering their questions, and providing personalized feedback to enhance their learning experience.
“Moreover, ChatGPT can be used to support medical education, acting as a virtual assistant for medical students, answering their questions, and providing personalized feedback to enhance their learning experience.12202228)”
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One of ChatGPT's key benefits is its ability to provide access to vast amounts of medical information rapidly.
“One of its key benefits is its ability to provide access to vast amounts of medical information rapidly.”
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When combined with other AI tools, ChatGPT plays a pivotal role in radiology reports by effectively translating intricate medical jargon into simplified versions that improve communication between healthcare providers and patients.
“When combined with other AI tools, ChatGPT plays a pivotal role in radiology reports by effectively translating intricate medical jargon into simplified versions that improve communication between healthcare providers and patients.”
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AI can help researchers in analyzing vast amounts of data from patients' treatment charts, laboratory reports, and textual feedback from students, and extract relevant information needed for research followed by sorting out the data in a structured manner for statistical analysis.
“AI can also help researchers in analyzing vast amounts of data from patients’ treatment charts, laboratory reports, and textual feedback from students, and extract the relevant information needed for the research followed by sorting out the data in a structured manner for statistical analysis [36,37].”
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ChatGPT can provide initial observations that highlight regions of interest and assist radiologists in their analyses.
“It has the ability to provide initial observations, which can highlight regions of interest and assist radiologists in their analyses [13,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33].”
ChatGPT has the ability to analyse and generate descriptions for medical images, which can enhance the workflow of radiologists.
“The potential of ChatGPT lies in its ability to analyse and generate descriptions for medical images, which can enhance the workflow of radiologists.”
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- Authors
- Dahmen, J., Kayaalp, M. E., Ollivier, M., Pareek, A., Hirschmann, M. T., Karlsson, J., & Winkler, P. W.
- Affiliations
- Amsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam (NL)
- Dr Lütfi Kırdar Kartal Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi (TR)
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- Hospital for Special Surgery (US)
- Kantonsspital Baselland (CH)
- <!--<label>8</label>--> Department for Orthopaedics Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, Gothenburg University Gothenburg Sweden
- Johannes Kepler University of Linz (AT)
- Corresponding author
- Dahmen, Jari
- ORCID
- Venue
- Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2023-02-21
- Volume
- 31
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 1187-1189
- ISSN
- 0942-2056 (ISSN-L)
- 1433-7347
- OpenAlex
- W4321435202
- Cited by
- 193
- References
- 8
- Citations by year
- 2026: 10 · 2025: 35 · 2024: 70 · 2023: 76 · 2013: 1
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Pure Amsterdam UMC (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- HAL (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Health Informatics › Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Artificial Intelligence Applications
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Health Information Management › Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
- Keywords
- ChatGPT, large language models, artificial intelligence in healthcare, medical research, knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopic surgery
- MeSH terms
- Artificial Intelligence, Humans, Biomedical Research
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