Diagnostic Performance of a Large Language Model for Determining the Cause of Death: A Comparative Analysis of Clinical History, Postmortem Computed Tomography Findings, and Their Integration
Integrating postmortem CT findings with clinical history enhances LLM-based cause-of-death determination accuracy, demonstrating the value of multiple information sources while highlighting opportunities for disease-specific diagnostic optimization.
Authors
- Masanori Ishida (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6804-4761)
- Keisuke Nyunoya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9604-9209)
- Hiroyuki Abé (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4513-1007)
- Tetsuo Ushiku (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1763-8380)
- Osamu Abe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1180-2629)
- Shohei Inui (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-4141)
- Kotaro Fujimoto
- Mariko Kurokawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3907-9188)
- Naomasa Okimoto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6354-2366)
- Wataru Gonoi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5018-4683)
- Kazuhiro Saito (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5854-2070)
- Go Shirota (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4215-3710)
- Akira Katayama (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9677-1421)
- Masumi Takahashi-Mizuki
Institutions
- University of Tokyo Hospital (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cureus
- Published
- 2025-05-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.83721
- Primary Topic
- Autopsy Techniques and Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00