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Multi-source literature, dataset, and local-corpus search for imaging research, with deduplication, identifier verification, reference management, and survey/RAG workflow support. Searches PubMed, arXiv, Crossref, and imaging dataset registries (TCIA, GEO, cBioPortal, OpenNeuro, Grand Challenge, Medical Segmentation Decathlon), and can structure local paper/RAG workflows when a paper database, PaperQA2, NotebookLM, or paperpipe-style backend exists. Use when the user wants to find papers/datasets, run systematic or survey-level search, verify DOI/PMID/arXiv IDs, map a field, build a gap matrix, or synthesize literature for a manuscript. Verifies identifiers and exposes incomplete metadata; never fabricates bibliographic fields.

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Multi-Source Search (imaging literature + datasets)

Find and verify imaging-research papers and datasets across the right sources, merge without double-counting, and hand clean candidates to citation/export.

Core stance

  • Right source first. PubMed for biomedical recall (+ MeSH); arXiv for imaging-AI methods and preprints; Crossref for DOI/cross-disciplinary metadata. Dataset registries for data.
  • Verify identifiers (DOI/PMID/arXiv) before citing; expose failed/missing metadata.
  • Deduplicate by DOI → PMID → arXiv ID → normalized title; don't count duplicates as independent evidence.
  • Recall vs precision — for systematic/DTA reviews use MeSH + structured strategy and log it (PRISMA-DTA reproducibility); for quick lookups, precision.
  • No fabrication — never invent volume/issue/pages/DOI/dataset accession.

When to use

  • "Find recent papers on [imaging-AI topic]." / "Systematic search for a DTA meta-analysis."
  • "Is there a public dataset for [task/organ/modality]?"
  • "Verify these DOIs/PMIDs." / "Expand my query with MeSH terms."
  • "Build a literature map / gap matrix / local paper RAG plan for this manuscript."

When to open extra files

FileOpen when
references/source-tiers.mdWhich source to query first; fallback order; MeSH; recall vs precision; dedup keys
references/dataset-sources.mdFinding imaging + omics datasets (TCIA, GEO, cBioPortal, OpenNeuro, Grand Challenge, MSD)
references/literature-survey-workflow.mdThe user needs field mapping, Introduction support, reviewer-defense literature, dataset scouting, or a manuscript-level literature synthesis rather than a quick lookup

Workflow

  1. For survey-level or local-corpus work, open literature-survey-workflow.md and choose the mode: Intent / Triage / Deepen / Synthesize / Expand. Use its local paper/RAG ladder before expensive synthesis when a paper database is available.
  2. Classify the need — papers vs datasets; quick lookup vs systematic recall.
  3. Build the query — concepts (translate Chinese → English scientific terms); for PubMed add MeSH; record the strategy for systematic searches.
  4. Search the right sources (source-tiers.md), per-source limits; for data use dataset-sources.md.
  5. Merge & dedup across sources by identifier/title.
  6. Verify key identifiers; flag unresolved.
  7. Return a ranked, deduplicated candidate list (+ a logged strategy for systematic searches). Hand export to radiology-citation.

MCP/tooling note

Works in prompt mode (built-in search tools, following these rules) or with an academic-search MCP exposing search_papers / get_paper_by_id / get_citation / lookup_mesh. Set a contact email for PubMed E-utilities; optionally NCBI_API_KEY for higher rate limits. (Restricted/blocked domains: do not attempt to bypass — report inaccessibility.)

Output contract

  1. Strategy — sources queried, query strings/MeSH, limits, dates (full log for systematic searches).
  2. Candidates — deduplicated: Title | Authors | Year | Venue | DOI/PMID/arXiv | Verified?.
  3. Datasets (if requested) — Name | Source | Modality/omics | n | Access | Accession.
  4. Survey artifacts (if survey-level work) — corpus log, paper-note/gap-matrix summary, local/RAG index status when relevant, exemplar craft notes, reviewer-objection candidates, and claim-ready citation roles.
  5. Unresolved/Incomplete — failed lookups and missing metadata.

Handoffs

Citation grading/export → radiology-citation; dataset access/governance & availability statements → radiology-data; systematic-review reporting → radiology-reporting (PRISMA-DTA); full bilingual read of a key retrieved paper → radiology-reader.