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How Can Clinicians Leverage Vibe Coding for Machine Learning and Deep Learning Research?
Yoonhwan Lee, Sun Huh
Endocrinol Metab. 2025;40(5):659-667.   Published online October 29, 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3803/EnM.2025.2675
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Research applying machine learning and deep learning has become increasingly common in medicine. However, for clinicians lacking Python programming skills, conducting such research has often been an intractable task—even when ample data were available. The emergence of ‘vibe coding’ in 2025 has substantially lowered this barrier to entry. This review defines vibe coding, provides a taxonomy of its available tools, and illustrates its practical application through several use cases. Vibe coding is a goal-oriented process in which the user focuses on the desired outcome, issuing natural language directives for environment setup, functionality specification, and output format. The generative artificial intelligence (AI) then produces and refines the underlying code through an interactive feedback loop. Tools such as generative AI platforms (e.g., ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude), graphical user interface-based agents (e.g., Memex, Replit), AI-augmented editors (e.g., Cursor, Visual Studio Code), and command-line interface (CLI) agents (e.g., Gemini CLI, Codex CLI, Claude Code) are available. Demonstrative case studies using publicly accessible datasets illustrate how clinicians can generate and refine Python scripts for classification tasks with minimal coding expertise. Researchers are encouraged to select an accessible tool and gain hands-on experience with real-world data. The adoption of these tools by clinicians, residents, and medical students may promote broader engagement with machine learning and accelerate medical research.

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    Sun Huh
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    Josemaria Elizondo-García
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    Brenda K. Wiederhold
    Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking.2026; 29(5): 275.     CrossRef
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    Ibrahim Al Janabi, Tyler Bland
    AI.2026; 7(6): 223.     CrossRef
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    Muhammed Yusuf Hamurcu
    Surgical Innovation.2026;[Epub]     CrossRef
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    Andrew Williams
    Computers in the Schools.2026; : 1.     CrossRef
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    Fares Antaki, Victor Bellanda, Pearse A. Keane, Ariel Yuhan Ong
    Current Opinion in Ophthalmology.2026; 37(6): 428.     CrossRef
  • Vibe coding and the illusion of competence: why laboratory medicine specialists shouldn’t trust their AI-generated code for clinical deployment
    Sander De Bruyne, Stef Rommes, Tom Fiers, Pieter-Jan Volders, Brigitte Maes
    Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM).2026;[Epub]     CrossRef
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    Sung Il Hwang, Hunjong Lim, Kyong Joon Lee, Hak Jong Lee, Hyungwoo Ahn, Yoojin Nam, Masahiro Jinzaki
    Korean Journal of Radiology.2026; 27(10): 929.     CrossRef
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    Healthcare Informatics Research.2025; 31(4): 317.     CrossRef
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Original Articles
Adrenal gland
Deep Learning-Based Adrenal Gland Volumetry for the Prediction of Diabetes
Eu Jeong Ku, Soon Ho Yoon, Seung Shin Park, Ji Won Yoon, Jung Hee Kim
Endocrinol Metab. 2025;40(6):991-1001.   Published online June 18, 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3803/EnM.2025.2336
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Background
The long-term association between adrenal gland volume (AGV) and type 2 diabetes (T2D) remains unclear. We aimed to determine the association between deep learning-based AGV and current glycemic status and incident T2D.
Methods
In this observational study, adults who underwent abdominopelvic computed tomography (CT) for health checkups (2011–2012), but had no adrenal nodules, were included. AGV was measured from CT images using a three-dimensional nnU-Net deep learning algorithm. We assessed the association between AGV and T2D using a cross-sectional and longitudinal design.
Results
We used 500 CT scans (median age, 52.3 years; 253 men) for model development and a Multi-Atlas Labeling Beyond the Cranial Vault dataset for external testing. A clinical cohort included a total of 9708 adults (median age, 52.0 years; 5,769 men). The deep learning model demonstrated a dice coefficient of 0.71±0.11 for adrenal segmentation and a mean volume difference of 0.6± 0.9 mL in the external dataset. Participants with T2D at baseline had a larger AGV than those without (7.3 cm3 vs. 6.7 cm3 and 6.3 cm3 vs. 5.5 cm3 for men and women, respectively, all P<0.05). The optimal AGV cutoff values for predicting T2D were 7.2 cm3 in men and 5.5 cm3 in women. Over a median 7.0-year follow-up, T2D developed in 938 participants. Cumulative T2D risk was accentuated with high AGV compared with low AGV (adjusted hazard ratio, 1.27; 95% confidence interval, 1.11 to 1.46).
Conclusion
AGV, measured using deep learning algorithms, is associated with current glycemic status and can significantly predict the development of T2D.
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Thyroid
Deep Learning Technology for Classification of Thyroid Nodules Using Multi-View Ultrasound Images: Potential Benefits and Challenges in Clinical Application
Jinyoung Kim, Min-Hee Kim, Dong-Jun Lim, Hankyeol Lee, Jae Jun Lee, Hyuk-Sang Kwon, Mee Kyoung Kim, Ki-Ho Song, Tae-Jung Kim, So Lyung Jung, Yong Oh Lee, Ki-Hyun Baek
Endocrinol Metab. 2025;40(2):216-224.   Published online January 13, 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3803/EnM.2024.2058
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Background
This study aimed to evaluate the applicability of deep learning technology to thyroid ultrasound images for classification of thyroid nodules.
Methods
This retrospective analysis included ultrasound images of patients with thyroid nodules investigated by fine-needle aspiration at the thyroid clinic of a single center from April 2010 to September 2012. Thyroid nodules with cytopathologic results of Bethesda category V (suspicious for malignancy) or VI (malignant) were defined as thyroid cancer. Multiple deep learning algorithms based on convolutional neural networks (CNNs) —ResNet, DenseNet, and EfficientNet—were utilized, and Siamese neural networks facilitated multi-view analysis of paired transverse and longitudinal ultrasound images.
Results
Among 1,048 analyzed thyroid nodules from 943 patients, 306 (29%) were identified as thyroid cancer. In a subgroup analysis of transverse and longitudinal images, longitudinal images showed superior prediction ability. Multi-view modeling, based on paired transverse and longitudinal images, significantly improved the model performance; with an accuracy of 0.82 (95% confidence intervals [CI], 0.80 to 0.86) with ResNet50, 0.83 (95% CI, 0.83 to 0.88) with DenseNet201, and 0.81 (95% CI, 0.79 to 0.84) with EfficientNetv2_ s. Training with high-resolution images obtained using the latest equipment tended to improve model performance in association with increased sensitivity.
Conclusion
CNN algorithms applied to ultrasound images demonstrated substantial accuracy in thyroid nodule classification, indicating their potential as valuable tools for diagnosing thyroid cancer. However, in real-world clinical settings, it is important to aware that model performance may vary depending on the quality of images acquired by different physicians and imaging devices.

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Thyroid
Utilizing Immunoglobulin G4 Immunohistochemistry for Risk Stratification in Patients with Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Associated with Hashimoto Thyroiditis
Faridul Haq, Gyeongsin Park, Sora Jeon, Mitsuyoshi Hirokawa, Chan Kwon Jung
Endocrinol Metab. 2024;39(3):468-478.   Published online May 20, 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3803/EnM.2024.1923
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Background
Hashimoto thyroiditis (HT) is suspected to correlate with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) development. While some HT cases exhibit histologic features of immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4)-related disease, the relationship of HT with PTC progression remains unestablished.
Methods
This cross-sectional study included 426 adult patients with PTC (≥1 cm) undergoing thyroidectomy at an academic thyroid center. HT was identified based on its typical histologic features. IgG4 and IgG immunohistochemistry were performed. Wholeslide images of immunostained slides were digitalized. Positive plasma cells per 2 mm2 were counted using QuPath and a pre-trained deep learning model. The primary outcome was tumor structural recurrence post-surgery.
Results
Among the 426 PTC patients, 79 were diagnosed with HT. With a 40% IgG4 positive/IgG plasma cell ratio as the threshold for diagnosing IgG4-related disease, a cutoff value of >150 IgG4 positive plasma cells per 2 mm2 was established. According to this criterion, 53% (43/79) of HT patients were classified as IgG4-related. The IgG4-related HT subgroup presented a more advanced cancer stage than the IgG4-non-related HT group (P=0.038). The median observation period was 109 months (range, 6 to 142). Initial assessment revealed 43 recurrence cases. Recurrence-free survival periods showed significant (P=0.023) differences, with patients with IgG4 non-related HT showing the longest period, followed by patients without HT and those with IgG4-related HT.
Conclusion
This study effectively stratified recurrence risk in PTC patients based on HT status and IgG4-related subtypes. These findings may contribute to better-informed treatment decisions and patient care strategies.

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Mineral, Bone & Muscle
End-to-End Semi-Supervised Opportunistic Osteoporosis Screening Using Computed Tomography
Jieun Oh, Boah Kim, Gyutaek Oh, Yul Hwangbo, Jong Chul Ye
Endocrinol Metab. 2024;39(3):500-510.   Published online May 9, 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3803/EnM.2023.1860
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Background
Osteoporosis is the most common metabolic bone disease and can cause fragility fractures. Despite this, screening utilization rates for osteoporosis remain low among populations at risk. Automated bone mineral density (BMD) estimation using computed tomography (CT) can help bridge this gap and serve as an alternative screening method to dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA).
Methods
The feasibility of an opportunistic and population agnostic screening method for osteoporosis using abdominal CT scans without bone densitometry phantom-based calibration was investigated in this retrospective study. A total of 268 abdominal CT-DXA pairs and 99 abdominal CT studies without DXA scores were obtained from an oncology specialty clinic in the Republic of Korea. The center axial CT slices from the L1, L2, L3, and L4 lumbar vertebrae were annotated with the CT slice level and spine segmentation labels for each subject. Deep learning models were trained to localize the center axial slice from the CT scan of the torso, segment the vertebral bone, and estimate BMD for the top four lumbar vertebrae.
Results
Automated vertebra-level DXA measurements showed a mean absolute error (MAE) of 0.079, Pearson’s r of 0.852 (P<0.001), and R2 of 0.714. Subject-level predictions on the held-out test set had a MAE of 0.066, Pearson’s r of 0.907 (P<0.001), and R2 of 0.781.
Conclusion
CT scans collected during routine examinations without bone densitometry calibration can be used to generate DXA BMD predictions.

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Mineral, Bone & Muscle
Development of a Spine X-Ray-Based Fracture Prediction Model Using a Deep Learning Algorithm
Sung Hye Kong, Jae-Won Lee, Byeong Uk Bae, Jin Kyeong Sung, Kyu Hwan Jung, Jung Hee Kim, Chan Soo Shin
Endocrinol Metab. 2022;37(4):674-683.   Published online August 5, 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3803/EnM.2022.1461
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Background
Since image-based fracture prediction models using deep learning are lacking, we aimed to develop an X-ray-based fracture prediction model using deep learning with longitudinal data.
Methods
This study included 1,595 participants aged 50 to 75 years with at least two lumbosacral radiographs without baseline fractures from 2010 to 2015 at Seoul National University Hospital. Positive and negative cases were defined according to whether vertebral fractures developed during follow-up. The cases were divided into training (n=1,416) and test (n=179) sets. A convolutional neural network (CNN)-based prediction algorithm, DeepSurv, was trained with images and baseline clinical information (age, sex, body mass index, glucocorticoid use, and secondary osteoporosis). The concordance index (C-index) was used to compare performance between DeepSurv and the Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX) and Cox proportional hazard (CoxPH) models.
Results
Of the total participants, 1,188 (74.4%) were women, and the mean age was 60.5 years. During a mean follow-up period of 40.7 months, vertebral fractures occurred in 7.5% (120/1,595) of participants. In the test set, when DeepSurv learned with images and clinical features, it showed higher performance than FRAX and CoxPH in terms of C-index values (DeepSurv, 0.612; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.571 to 0.653; FRAX, 0.547; CoxPH, 0.594; 95% CI, 0.552 to 0.555). Notably, the DeepSurv method without clinical features had a higher C-index (0.614; 95% CI, 0.572 to 0.656) than that of FRAX in women.
Conclusion
DeepSurv, a CNN-based prediction algorithm using baseline image and clinical information, outperformed the FRAX and CoxPH models in predicting osteoporotic fracture from spine radiographs in a longitudinal cohort.

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Machine Learning Applications in Endocrinology and Metabolism Research: An Overview
Namki Hong, Heajeong Park, Yumie Rhee
Endocrinol Metab. 2020;35(1):71-84.   Published online March 19, 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3803/EnM.2020.35.1.71
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Machine learning (ML) applications have received extensive attention in endocrinology research during the last decade. This review summarizes the basic concepts of ML and certain research topics in endocrinology and metabolism where ML principles have been actively deployed. Relevant studies are discussed to provide an overview of the methodology, main findings, and limitations of ML, with the goal of stimulating insights into future research directions. Clear, testable study hypotheses stem from unmet clinical needs, and the management of data quality (beyond a focus on quantity alone), open collaboration between clinical experts and ML engineers, the development of interpretable high-performance ML models beyond the black-box nature of some algorithms, and a creative environment are the core prerequisites for the foreseeable changes expected to be brought about by ML and artificial intelligence in the field of endocrinology and metabolism, with actual improvements in clinical practice beyond hype. Of note, endocrinologists will continue to play a central role in these developments as domain experts who can properly generate, refine, analyze, and interpret data with a combination of clinical expertise and scientific rigor.

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Medical Big Data Is Not Yet Available: Why We Need Realism Rather than Exaggeration
Hun-Sung Kim, Dai-Jin Kim, Kun-Ho Yoon
Endocrinol Metab. 2019;34(4):349-354.   Published online December 23, 2019
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Most people are now familiar with the concepts of big data, deep learning, machine learning, and artificial intelligence (AI) and have a vague expectation that AI using medical big data can be used to improve the quality of medical care. However, the expectation that big data could change the field of medicine is inconsistent with the current reality. The clinical meaningfulness of the results of research using medical big data needs to be examined. Medical staff needs to be clear about the purpose of AI that utilizes medical big data and to focus on the quality of this data, rather than the quantity. Further, medical professionals should understand the necessary precautions for using medical big data, as well as its advantages. No doubt that someday, medical big data will play an essential role in healthcare; however, at present, it seems too early to actively use it in clinical practice. The field continues to work toward developing medical big data and making it appropriate for healthcare. Researchers should continue to engage in empirical research to ensure that appropriate processes are in place to empirically evaluate the results of its use in healthcare.

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