Alzheimer’s Disease Document Understanding and Retrieval Engine
摘要
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) research is advancing rapidly, yet the growing complexity and volume of medical literature make it increasingly difficult for clinicians and researchers to access critical, evidence-based insights. We present ADDURE-Alzheimer’s Disease Document Understanding and Retrieval Engine, a domain-specific, multimodal Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) framework designed to improve access to clinically relevant, evidence-based knowledge in AD. This system allows users to pose natural language queries and receive answers grounded in peer-reviewed literature, including content from text, tables, and figures. By leveraging optical character recognition (OCR), semantic enrichment, and a high-dimensional embedding architecture, ADDURE ensures that responses are both accurate and transparently linked to their source. The system was evaluated using a curated Alzheimer’s-focused benchmark (ADQA), where it achieved an overall accuracy of 89%, outperforming leading biomedical large language models and retrieval-based tools. ADDURE is actively being tested in clinical environments, where it supports a range of applications including decision support, automated literature review, and ongoing medical education. Its ability to bridge the gap between unstructured scientific knowledge and real-world clinical queries positions it as a valuable tool in the era of precision neurology and evidence-driven research synthesis.