GWN improves multimodal data fusion accuracy for chronic pain patients.
problem Dynamic and unspecified uncertainties in multimodal data fusion.
method Inspired by Global Workspace Theory, GWN is a neural network architecture that dynamically attends to multiple modalities.
result GWN achieved higher F1 scores (0.92 and 0.75) for multimodal discrimination and classification tasks.
Deep learning detects protective movement behavior in chronic pain patients.
problem Detecting protective movement behavior in chronic pain patients for intervention.
method End-to-end deep learning architecture named BodyAttentionNet (BANet) that learns temporal and bodily parts.
result Statistically significant improvements in detecting protective behavior using attention mechanisms.
FINs enhance performance in diverse datasets like finance, speech, and health.
problem Improving neural network performance across various domains.
method Feature Imitating Networks (FINs) initialize weights to approximate specific statistical features.
result FINs significantly improve performance in Bitcoin price prediction, speech emotion recognition, and chronic neck pain detection.
The paper uses facial keypoints to estimate post-surgical pain intensity.
problem Accurately assessing pain levels from self-reported ratings is challenging.
method The approach analyzes 2D and 3D facial keypoints to estimate pain intensity.
result The pain estimation model uses multiple instance learning.
Patient pain can be detected highly reliably from facial expressions using a set of facial muscle-based action units (AUs) defined by the Facial Action Coding System (FACS). A key characteristic of facial expression of pain is the simultaneous occurrence of pain-related AU combinations, whose automated detection would …
Currently there is no validated objective measure of pain. Recent neuroimaging studies have explored the feasibility of using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) to measure alterations in brain function in evoked and ongoing pain. In this study, we applied multi-task machine learning methods to derive a pract…
A new reinforcement learning framework for multi-reward processing.
problem Understanding and modeling multi-reward interactions in complex systems.
method Two-stream reward processing with biological associations.
result Agents can react differently to different types of rewards.
Paper proposes a machine learning-based method for estimating mediation effects.
problem Challenges in estimating mediation effects with multiple, continuous mediators.
method Developed a one-step estimation algorithm using machine learning and Riesz learning.
result Proposed method can estimate mediation effects from just two statistical estimands.
Facial pain expression is an important modality for assessing pain, especially when the patient's verbal ability to communicate is impaired. The facial muscle-based action units (AUs), which are defined by the Facial Action Coding System (FACS), have been widely studied and are highly reliable as a method for detecting…
In many situations it is desirable to identify clusters that differ with respect to only a subset of features. Such clusters may represent homogeneous subgroups of patients with a disease, such as cancer or chronic pain. We define a bicluster to be a submatrix U of a larger data matrix X such that the features and obse…
PAIN network improves imputation for mixed datasets.
problem Missing data in diverse scientific domains.
method Dynamic adaptive imputation using statistical methods, random forests, and autoencoders.
result PAIN outperforms traditional imputation methods in preserving data distributions.
Simulates neuropathic pain to evaluate causal discovery algorithms.
problem Lack of benchmark datasets for evaluating causal discovery algorithms.
method Developed a neuropathic pain diagnosis simulator.
result Simulator produces data similar to real-world data.
We propose a novel method for automatic pain intensity estimation from facial images based on the framework of kernel Conditional Ordinal Random Fields (KCORF). We extend this framework to account for heteroscedasticity on the output labels(i.e., pain intensity scores) and introduce a novel dynamic features, dynamic ra…
Deep learning predicts back-pain risk during manual lifting.
problem Detecting incorrect lifting to prevent back injuries.
method 2D Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) without manual feature extraction.
result Deep CNN achieved 90.6% accuracy in classifying lifting risk.
Proposes Causal k-Means Clustering to identify subgroup effects.
problem Identifying subgroup effects with heterogeneous treatment effects.
method Leverages k-means clustering to uncover unknown subgroup structure.
result Developed bias-corrected estimator with fast root-n rates and asymptotic normality.
Deep learning system tracks stool consistency for GI disease assessment.
problem Lack of objective stool consistency measurements in chronic GI disease.
method Computer vision and deep convolutional neural networks (CNN).
result Developed a stool detection and tracking system.
Study automates detection of visitation disruptions in ICU patients.
problem Difficulty in detecting frequent visitation disruptions in ICU patients.
method Used DensePose R-CNN model to count people in video frames, analyzed disruptions and patient outcomes.
result Automated method detects visitation disruptions, impacts on pain and length of stay examined.
Researchers develop PAIN to improve self-driving safety through adversarial training.
problem Overfitting and poor generalizability of neural networks in self-driving vehicles.
method PAIN combines adversarial training in CARLA simulation to generate edge cases.
result Trained self-driving vehicles are more resilient to environmental uncertainty and less prone to collisions.
Proposes a new model for predicting chronic conditions over time.
problem Predicting complex relationships between multiple chronic conditions.
method Continuous time Bayesian network with adaptive regularization for structure and parameter learning.
result Proposed model provides sparse, intuitive representation of chronic condition relationships.
Chronicals boosts LLM fine-tuning speed by 3.51x over Unsloth.
problem Memory bottleneck in fine-tuning large language models.
method Four optimizations: fused kernels, cross-entropy reduction, LoRA+, and sequence packing.
result 3.51x speedup on A100-40GB with Qwen2.5-0.5B.
MRI identifies chronic symptoms in mTBI patients.
problem Chronic symptoms in mTBI patients are hard to characterize.
method Multi-parametric MRI and low-dimensional projection.
result MRI metrics correlate with patient symptoms.
Simulation framework assesses ROI of chronic disease adherence and policy timing.
problem Uncertainty in ROI of adherence-enhancing interventions under heterogeneous patient behavior and socioeconomic variation.
method Simulation-based framework integrating disease progression, time-varying adherence, and policy timing.
result Early and adaptive interventions yield highest ROI, exceeding 20% under certain conditions.
New fair regression method improves fairness in chronic kidney disease classification.
problem Mitigating societal bias in health care for multiple groups.
method Penalized fair regression framework for multiple groups, with penalties for true positive rate disparity.
result Achieves fairness-accuracy frontier beyond existing methods in simulations and real-world data.
Enhances generative model for clinical data privacy and accuracy.
problem Data privacy in electronic patient records.
method Improves a time-series generative model with privacy safeguards.
result DP-TimeGAN achieves a mean authenticity of 0.778 on the CKD dataset.
Study uses machine learning and survival analysis to predict CKD progression.
problem Early detection and management of CKD to reduce ESRD risk.
method Combines machine learning and classical statistical models to identify novel CKD progression predictors.
result Deep learning models outperform other methods in predicting CKD progression.
Novel framework detects CKD in diabetic patients using sparse EHR representations.
problem Early detection of CKD in diabetic patients.
method Sparse longitudinal representations of EHR data.
result Proposed model achieves higher predictive performance than baselines.
Machine learning predicts obesity causes using genetic and imaging data.
problem Predicting causes of obesity in children and adults.
method Use ML techniques like decision trees, SVM, RF, GBM, LASSO, BN, and ANN on genetic and imaging data.
result ML models accurately predict obesity causes and chronic diseases.
Prediction of the future trajectory of a disease is an important challenge for personalized medicine and population health management. However, many complex chronic diseases exhibit large degrees of heterogeneity, and furthermore there is not always a single readily available biomarker to quantify disease severity. Eve…
This paper describes a time-series-based classification approach to identify similarities between bio-medical-based situations. The proposed approach allows classifying collections of time-series representing bio-medical measurements, i.e., situations, regardless of the type, the length and the quantity of the time-ser…
In this work we investigate intra-day patterns of activity on a population of 7,261 users of mobile health wearable devices and apps. We show that: (1) using intra-day step and sleep data recorded from passive trackers significantly improves classification performance on self-reported chronic conditions related to ment…
Deep learning improves CVD risk prediction from health records.
problem Predicting cardiovascular disease risk from administrative health data.
method Combined survival analysis and deep learning models.
result Deep learning models outperform traditional Cox models in accuracy and explained time-to-event occurrence.
DPVis integrates HMMs into visualizations for disease progression analysis.
problem Challenges in interpreting HMMs for disease progression modeling.
method Design study with clinical experts, visualizations of HMM parameters and outcomes.
result DPVis successfully evaluates and summarizes disease progression models.
A new framework for optimizing interventions with limited data.
problem Small data, default intervention data, unmodeled objectives, unforeseen consequences.
method Bandit data-driven optimization combining online bandit learning and offline predictive analytics.
result PROOF algorithm achieves no-regret and superior performance in simulations and real-world application.
Deep learning predicts drug prescriptions across global health records.
problem Predicting drug prescriptions in chronic disease patients.
method Adaptive cross-global attention graph kernel network with support vector machine.
result Model outperforms current methods in accuracy and interpretability.
RL algorithms with medical integration improve personalized treatment recommendations.
problem Developing effective personalized treatment strategies for chronic diseases.
method Integrating medical knowledge into RL algorithms for DTR.
result Enhanced treatment recommendations with increased confidence.
We study the behavior of a Time-Aware Long Short-Term Memory Autoencoder, a state-of-the-art method, in the context of learning latent representations from irregularly sampled patient data. We identify a key issue in the way such recurrent neural network models are being currently used and show that the solution of the…
Smart bin monitors predict medication adherence with high accuracy.
problem Predicting chronic medication adherence to improve healthcare efficiency.
method Machine learning models trained on IoT device data.
result High predictive performance (ROC AUC 0.86).
Missing data are ubiquitous in many domains including healthcare. When these data entries are not missing completely at random, the (conditional) independence relations in the observed data may be different from those in the complete data generated by the underlying causal process. Consequently, simply applying existin…
In the presence of a layer of metaprobabilities (from uncertainty concerning the parameters), the asymptotic tail exponent corresponds to the lowest possible tail exponent regardless of its probability. The problem explains "Black Swan" effects, i.e., why measurements tend to chronically underestimate tail contribution…
StageNet improves health risk prediction by integrating disease stage information.
problem Improving health risk prediction for patients with chronic conditions.
method StageNet uses a stage-aware LSTM and stage-adaptive convolutional modules to extract and integrate disease stage information.
result StageNet achieves up to 12% higher AUPRC for risk prediction and over 58% higher Calinski-Harabasz score for patient subtyping compared to state-of-the-art models.
Model predicts treatment initiation from clinical data using patient-clinician relations.
problem Predicting treatment initiation from clinical time series data considering patient-clinician relations.
method Graph-Augmented Time-Sensitive Model using top eigenvectors of graph Laplacian.
result Relational similarity improves prediction over baselines, e.g., 5% improvement in AUPRC.
Study reviews machine learning techniques for stress monitoring.
problem Improving accuracy of stress monitoring devices.
method Reviewed machine learning techniques for various stress indicators.
result Choosing the right classifier depends on multiple factors.
ECGDetect uses deep learning to detect ischemia in heart ECGs.
problem Detecting early signs of acute coronary syndrome in patients.
method Developed a deep learning model using the LTST database.
result Deep neural network achieved 90.31% ROC-AUC, 89.34% sensitivity, 87.81% specificity.
We prove that the refined approach -- our extension of the Yakovenko et al. formalism -- is universal in the sense that it describes well both household incomes in the European Union and the individual incomes in the United States for social classes of any income. This formalism allowed the study of the impact of the r…
Sufficient physical activity and restful sleep play a major role in the prevention and cure of many chronic conditions. Being able to proactively screen and monitor such chronic conditions would be a big step forward for overall health. The rapid increase in the popularity of wearable devices provides a significant new…
This paper develops explainable treatment policies for RPM using clinical knowledge.
problem Barriers to adoption of DHIs and lack of interpretability in purely black-box algorithms.
method Developed a pipeline for learning explainable treatment policies using clinician-informed representations.
result Policies learned from clinician-informed representations are more efficacious and efficient than black-box policies.
A method models continuous-time glucose distributions in children with diabetes.
problem Capturing subtle temporal changes in glucose distributions.
method Probabilistic framework using Gaussian mixtures and neural ODEs.
result Detects treatment-related improvements in glucose dynamics.
Study predicts internet-based treatment effects for GPPPD based on dyadic coping.
problem Identifying which patients will benefit most from internet-based GPPPD treatment.
method Developed a multivariable decision tree model using recursive partitioning.
result Predicts large effects for high dyadic coping patients, small effects for low dyadic coping patients.