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In this position paper,&nbsp;<strong>we argue for verifiable physiological waveform reasoning: extracting localized, measurable signal evidence from raw signals, interpreting that evidence into physiological semantics, and supporting clinically grounded decisions.<\/strong>&nbsp;Waveform reasoning is challenging due to acquisition heterogeneity, signal fidelity, complex semantics and cross-channel coupled dynamics. We analyze why existing model families remain insufficient: physiological foundation models learn strong perceptual representations but remain weak at verifiable reasoning, while LLM-based adaptations have limited waveform understanding. To bridge this gap,&nbsp;<strong>we advocate verifiable, closed-loop systems that unify waveform semantics with language intelligence.<\/strong>&nbsp;Concretely, we propose a dual-process architecture that System 1 aligns physiological waveforms with language, and System 2 provides agentic reasoning via a Plan&#8211;Act&#8211;Verify loop, together enabling verifiable physiological waveform reasoning. We further propose evaluations beyond accuracy, emphasizing traceability, replayability, counterfactual robustness, and calibrated abstention.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Physiological waveforms (e.g., ECG, PPG, EEG) encode clinically meaningful information in fine-grained morphology, precise timing, and cross-channel dynamics, yet most machine learning systems still treat them as generic time series and optimize end-to-end prediction. 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