Human–machine trust has shifted over the past three decades from trust in automation to trust in AI, while research paradigms, disciplines, and problem spaces have expanded. Centered on AI in healthcare, this narrative review offers a longitudinal synthesis that traces and compares phase-specific changes in theory and method, providing design guidance for human-AI systems at different stages of maturity. From a cross-disciplinary view, we introduce an Interdisciplinary Human-AI Trust Research (I-HATR) framework that aligns explainable AI (XAI) with human–computer interaction/human factors engineering (HCI/HFE). We distill three core categories of determinants of human-AI trust in healthcare, user characteristics, AI system attributes, and contextual factors, and summarize the main measurement families and their evolution from self-report to behavioral and psychophysiological approaches, with growing use of multimodal and dynamic evaluation. Finally, we outline key trends, opportunities, and practical challenges to support the development of human-centered, trustworthy AI in healthcare, emphasizing the need to bridge actual trustworthiness and perceived trust through shared metrics, uncertainty communication, and trust calibration.

Background and objective: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) plays a vital role in diagnosing spinal diseases, including different types of spinal tumors. However, conventional segmentation techniques are often laborintensive and susceptible to variability. This study aims to propose a full-automatic segmentation method for spine MRI images, utilizing a convolutional-deconvolution neural network and patch-based deep learning. The objective is to improve segmentation efficiency, meeting clinical needs for accurate diagnoses and treatment planning. Methods: The methodology involved the utilization of a convolutional neural network to automatically extract deep learning features from spine data. This allowed for the effective representation of anatomical structures. The network was trained to learn discriminative features necessary for accurate segmentation of the spine MRI data. Furthermore, a patch extraction (PE) based deep neural network was developed using a convolutional neural network to restore the feature maps to their original image size. To improve training efficiency, a combination of pre-training and an enhanced stochastic gradient descent method was utilized. Results: The experimental results highlight the effectiveness of the proposed method for spine image segmentation using Gadolinium-enhanced T1 MRI. This approach not only delivers high accuracy but also offers realtime performance. The innovative model attained impressive metrics, achieving 90.6% precision, 91.1% recall, 93.2% accuracy, 91.3% F1-score, 83.8% Intersection over Union (IoU), and 91.1% Dice Coefficient (DC). These results indicate that the proposed method can accurately segment spine tumors CT images, addressing the limitations of traditional segmentation algorithms. Conclusion: In conclusion, this study introduces a fully automated segmentation method for spine MRI images utilizing a convolutional neural network, enhanced by the application of the PE-module. By utilizing a patch extraction based neural network (PENN) deep learning techniques, the proposed method effectively addresses the deficiencies of traditional algorithms and achieves accurate and real-time spine MRI image segmentation.

To enhance the scientific rigor and user alignment of children’s furniture design, this study proposes a data-driven multi-criteria evaluation framework for design optimization. Focusing on wooden seating products for children, online product reviews were collected and preprocessed using Python and the Jieba word segmentation tool to extract authentic user needs. An evaluation index system was established by filtering indicators through expert focus group discussions and the coefficient of variation method. During the weighting phase, subjective weights were derived using an improved Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), while objective weights were calculated via the CRITIC method. A game-theoretic approach was employed to integrate both into a composite weight vector. Finally, the TOPSIS–RSR model was applied to rank and classify the performance levels of four wooden children’s seating designs. Based on the results, specific design guidance strategies were proposed. The proposed framework effectively captures user requirements, balances subjective and objective information, and provides a clear decision-making pathway for selecting optimal design solutions. The study not only advances theoretical research but also offers practical guidance for design, with strong potential for extension to other furniture categories and resource-driven product design domains.

Understanding how users perceive and attend to the anthropomorphic appearance and empathic responses of artificial intelligence medical conversational agents (AIMCAs) can help reveal the key judgment cues underlying trust formation and use decisions, while also informing interface and dialog design. To this end, this study employs a 3 (appearance anthropomorphism: high, medium, low) × 2 (empathic response: present, absent) within-subject eye-tracking experiment, combined with subjective scales and brief post-task open-ended feedback. During a static prototype viewing task based on hypothetical consultation scenarios, we concurrently recorded trust, behavioral intention, and visual measures for key areas of interest (AOIs; appearance area, conversational content area, and overall interface area). Eye-tracking measures were normalized by AOI coverage proportion to improve cross-AOI comparability. The results show that both anthropomorphic appearance and empathic response significantly increased users’ trust in AIMCAs and their behavioral intention. An interaction between these two types of social cues was also observed, suggesting that when visual embodiment and linguistic style are aligned at the social level, users are more likely to form favorable overall judgments. At the level of visual processing, however, no interaction effect was found, and the eye-tracking measures showed only partial main effects, indicating that subjective synergy does not necessarily correspond to synergistic changes in attentional allocation. Overall, anthropomorphic appearance and empathic response exerted consistent facilitating effects on outcome variables, but displayed different patterns of attentional allocation and information prioritization at the visual level. Accordingly, AIMCA design should emphasize consistency between appearance cues and conversational strategies, optimize users’ initial judgments and interface comprehension, and use intention through verifiable information organization and clear boundary cues.