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Alvin @alviebarr.bsky.social · 2d

Super excited to share! We generated synthetic cervical spine radiographs which were indistinguishable from real patient scans when reviewed by neuroradiologists & neurosurgeons. We also publish a dataset of >20k synthetic scans

Check out the preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2510.22166

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Alvin @alviebarr.bsky.social · 2d

Super excited to share! We generated synthetic cervical spine radiographs which were indistinguishable from real patient scans when reviewed by neuroradiologists & neurosurgeons. We also publish a dataset of >20k synthetic scans

Check out the preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2510.22166

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Alvin @alviebarr.bsky.social · 7d

What a Brilliant way to teach pathology! It’s like the game concentration, but with histology

Try it out: x.com/alvie_barr/s...

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Alvin @alviebarr.bsky.social · 7d

What a Brilliant way to teach pathology! It’s like the game concentration, but with histology

Try it out: x.com/alvie_barr/s...

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Alvin @alviebarr.bsky.social · 14d

Replace doctors with AI but keep consultants they say…

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Alvin @alviebarr.bsky.social · 14d

Replace doctors with AI but keep consultants they say…

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Alvin @alviebarr.bsky.social · 22d

To prompt the LLM, obviously.

Why are we still seeing headlines like these???

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Alvin @alviebarr.bsky.social · 22d

To prompt the LLM, obviously.

Why are we still seeing headlines like these???

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Alvin @alviebarr.bsky.social · Aug 29

USMLE ✅, brain diagrams... ❌

My favourite is the 'hypohalenus', what's yours?

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Alvin @alviebarr.bsky.social · Aug 29

USMLE ✅, brain diagrams... ❌

My favourite is the 'hypohalenus', what's yours?

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Alvin @alviebarr.bsky.social · Aug 26

Elevators should have an undo button if you press the wrong floor

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Alvin @alviebarr.bsky.social · Aug 26

Elevators should have an undo button if you press the wrong floor

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Alvin @alviebarr.bsky.social · Aug 21

When your loss function converges but your understanding doesn’t:

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Alvin @alviebarr.bsky.social · Aug 21

When your loss function converges but your understanding doesn’t:

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Alvin @alviebarr.bsky.social · Aug 17

I tend to do quite well on open book tests too

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Alvin @alviebarr.bsky.social · Aug 17

I tend to do quite well on open book tests too

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Alvin @alviebarr.bsky.social · Aug 9

You may be GPT-5, but I’m the rock, paper, scissors champion!

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Alvin @alviebarr.bsky.social · Aug 9

You may be GPT-5, but I’m the rock, paper, scissors champion!

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Alvin @alviebarr.bsky.social · Jul 27

Interesting paper: When any use of AI is mentioned, participants perceived physicians as less competent, trustworthy & empathetic, & were less willing to book an appointment with them

Link: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
@moritz-reis.bsky.social

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Alvin @alviebarr.bsky.social · Jul 27

For sure - enjoyed reading!

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Alvin @alviebarr.bsky.social · Jul 27

Interesting paper: When any use of AI is mentioned, participants perceived physicians as less competent, trustworthy & empathetic, & were less willing to book an appointment with them

Link: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
@moritz-reis.bsky.social

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Alvin @alviebarr.bsky.social · Jul 25

This has to be a joke

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Alvin @alviebarr.bsky.social · Jul 25

This has to be a joke

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Alvin @alviebarr.bsky.social · Jul 14

When they ask you to put your thinking cap on:

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