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The Illusion of Understanding: A Randomized Controlled Trial of LLM-Generated Lay Summaries of Brain MRI Reports

2026-08-07

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<h4>Background</h4> Large language models have been proposed to improve patient comprehension of radiology reports. However, whether they improve objective understanding remains unproven. <h4>Purpose</h4> To evaluate the effect of appending an LLM-generated lay summary to brain MRI reports on objective and subjective patient comprehension in a randomized controlled trial. <h4>Materials and Methods</h4> In this...

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DOI: 10.64898/2026.08.05.26359773

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