The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Revolutionizing Medical Diagnostics: Current Trends, Challenges, and Future Prospects
摘要
Artificial intelligence (AI) has increasingly influenced medical diagnostics by enabling data-driven clinical decision support across imaging, genomics, and remote monitoring. This review critically examines the historical evolution, current clinical applications, and emerging innovations in AI-based diagnostics, while evaluating methodological rigor, validation practices, and implementation challenges. A structured narrative synthesis of peer-reviewed literature was conducted using major biomedical and engineering databases. Evidence suggests that AI, particularly deep learning, can achieve diagnostic performance comparable to clinicians in selected tasks; however, heterogeneity in datasets, limited external validation, and workflow integration challenges restrict generalizability. Ethical, regulatory, and human-centered considerations remain central to safe adoption. Overall, sustainable clinical impact requires transparent validation, regulatory alignment, clinician oversight, and continuous post-deployment monitoring.