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AI models explore contactless thermal video and wearable data for opioid craving detection

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Two new research papers explore advanced AI techniques for detecting opioid craving and stress. The first paper, RETRACE, uses a resilience-guided, trait-conditioned framework with wearable physiological data to improve subject-independent craving estimation. The second paper, FABLE-Therm, utilizes contactless thermal video to sense stress and craving, demonstrating that localized thermal evidence is crucial and that representation alone is insufficient for equitable deployment. AI

IMPACT These studies advance AI's role in mental health by developing new methods for detecting stress and craving, potentially leading to more proactive interventions for opioid use disorder.

RANK_REASON Two academic papers published on arXiv detailing novel AI models for detecting opioid craving and stress.

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AI models explore contactless thermal video and wearable data for opioid craving detection

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COVERAGE [3]

  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Yi Xiao, Harshit Sharma, Dessa Bergen-Cico, Asif Salekin ·

    RETRACE: Resilience-Guided Trait-Conditioned Craving Estimation from Wearable Physiology in Opioid Use Disorder

    arXiv:2608.14947v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Detecting opioid craving from wearable physiological signals is critical yet difficult, with the potential to support proactive interventions for individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD). This challenge is especially pronounced un…

  2. arXiv cs.LG TIER_1 English(EN) · Sachin Deb, Harshit Sharma, Asif Salekin ·

    Representation Is Not Enough: Body-Localized Thermal Evidence for Contactless Stress and Craving Sensing in Opioid Use Disorder

    arXiv:2608.16087v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Removing wearables from physiological monitoring also removes their supervision: the signal indicating where and when a stress response occurred. Contactless stress sensing therefore becomes a weakly supervised evidence-localizati…

  3. Hugging Face Daily Papers TIER_1 English(EN) ·

    Representation Is Not Enough: Body-Localized Thermal Evidence for Contactless Stress and Craving Sensing in Opioid Use Disorder

    Removing wearables from physiological monitoring also removes their supervision: the signal indicating where and when a stress response occurred. Contactless stress sensing therefore becomes a weakly supervised evidence-localization problem, where a clip-level label must be trace…

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