Representation learning methods that transform encoded data (e.g., diagnosis and drug codes) into continuous vector spaces (i.e., vector embeddings) are critical for the application of deep learning in healthcare. Initial work in this area explored the use of variants of the word2vec algorithm to learn embeddings for m…
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Study improves conformal prediction for EEG classification in healthcare, enhancing coverage.
problem Uncertainty quantification in clinical predictions, especially in distribution-shifted settings.
method Personalized calibration strategies to improve coverage of prediction sets.
result Coverage improved by over 20 percentage points with comparable prediction set sizes.
Survey on securing ML for healthcare, addressing privacy and robustness issues.
problem Security and robustness challenges in healthcare ML/DL applications.
method Overview of security and privacy methods for ML in healthcare.
result Discussion of current research challenges and future directions.
Background: Predictive modeling is a key component of solutions to many healthcare problems. Among all predictive modeling approaches, machine learning methods often achieve the highest prediction accuracy, but suffer from a long-standing open problem precluding their widespread use in healthcare. Most machine learning…
Machine-learned diagnosis models have shown promise as medical aides but are trained under a closed-set assumption, i.e. that models will only encounter conditions on which they have been trained. However, it is practically infeasible to obtain sufficient training data for every human condition, and once deployed such …
Artificial Intelligence in healthcare is a new and exciting frontier and the possibilities are endless. With deep learning approaches beating human performances in many areas, the logical next step is to attempt their application in the health space. For these and other Machine Learning approaches to produce good resul…
A broad spectrum of data from different modalities are generated in the healthcare domain every day, including scalar data (e.g., clinical measures collected at hospitals), tensor data (e.g., neuroimages analyzed by research institutes), graph data (e.g., brain connectivity networks), and sequence data (e.g., digital f…
MAGIC: Multi-task Gaussian process for joint imputation and classification in healthcare time seriesstat.ML
Unified framework for imputation and prediction in healthcare time series.
problem Time misalignment and data sparsity in healthcare time series.
method MAGIC (Multi-tAsk Gaussian Process for Imputation and Classification) using hierarchical multi-task Gaussian process and functional logistic regression.
result Superior predictive accuracy compared to existing methods in two healthcare applications.
MCRAGE generates synthetic data to balance healthcare datasets.
problem Imbalanced datasets in healthcare lead to biased model performance for minority groups.
method Generative modeling to create synthetic data for underrepresented classes.
result MCRAGE improves model performance on minority groups.
We show how to learn low-dimensional representations (embeddings) of patient visits from the corresponding electronic health record (EHR) where International Classification of Diseases (ICD) diagnosis codes are removed. We expect that these embeddings will be useful for the construction of predictive statistical models…
This tutorial evaluates machine learning for healthcare applications.
problem Unrealistic expectations in healthcare AI development.
method Practical guidance on performance evaluation criteria and common mistakes.
result Better understanding and avoidance of common traps in AI healthcare.
A new method uses active learning to improve bile duct stone evaluation.
problem Efficiently collecting necessary patient data in sequential healthcare decisions.
method Developed an active learning-based multistage sequential decision-making model.
result Improves estimation efficiency by 62%-1838% compared to baseline methods.
Quasi-orthonormal encoding reduces high dimensionality for categorical data.
problem High dimensionality and low sample size issues in categorical data encoding.
method Quasi-orthonormal encoding (QOE) for categorical data.
result QOE reduces dimensionality and improves machine learning performance.
We study the problem of detecting adverse drug events in electronic healthcare records. The challenge in this work is to aggregate heterogeneous data types involving diagnosis codes, drug codes, as well as lab measurements. An earlier framework proposed for the same problem demonstrated promising predictive performance…
Paper analyzes uncertainty metrics in ensemble learning for healthcare AI.
problem Selecting appropriate uncertainty metrics for ensemble learners in healthcare AI.
method Rigorous analysis of two uncertainty metrics: ensemble mean and variance.
result Ensemble mean is preferable to ensemble variance for decision making in healthcare AI.
This paper introduces a novel low-cost device prototype for the automatic diagnosis of diseases, utilizing inputted symptoms and personal background. The engineering goal is to solve the problem of limited healthcare access with a single device. Diagnosing diseases automatically is an immense challenge, owing to their …
We present a personalized and reliable prediction model for healthcare, which can provide individually tailored medical services such as diagnosis, disease treatment, and prevention. Our proposed framework targets at making personalized and reliable predictions from time-series data, such as Electronic Health Records (…
Automatic representation learning of key entities in electronic health record (EHR) data is a critical step for healthcare informatics that turns heterogeneous medical records into structured and actionable information. Here we propose ME2Vec, an algorithmic framework for learning low-dimensional vectors of the most co…
Develops ML-DQA for healthcare data quality assurance.
problem Inconsistent use of real-world data in machine learning projects.
method Develops ML-DQA framework based on RWD best practices.
result Five generalizable practices emerge from ML-DQA implementation.
Estimating Uncertainty and Interpretability in Deep Learning for Coronavirus (COVID-19) Detectioneess.IV
Bayesian CNN estimates uncertainty in COVID-19 detection.
problem Uncertainty in deep learning predictions for medical diagnosis.
method Drop-weight based Bayesian Convolutional Neural Networks (BCNN).
result Uncertainty correlates with prediction accuracy.
Developing reliable workload predictive models can affect many aspects of clinical decision making procedure. The primary challenge in healthcare systems is handling the demand uncertainty over the time. This issue becomes more critical for the healthcare facilities that provide service for chronic disease treatment be…
Interpole learns transparent decision-making policies from data.
problem Understanding human decision-making in opaque environments.
method Interpole combines belief-update and belief-action mapping estimation.
result Interpole provides interpretable models of decision-making behavior.
Simpler model outperforms deep learning for disease prediction.
problem Challenges of deep learning models in interpretability and feasibility.
method Developed a simpler tree-based model for EHR data.
result Improved performance over deep learning models while maintaining interpretability.
Accurate classification of self-care problems in children who suffer from physical and motor affliction is an important problem in the healthcare industry. This is a difficult and a time consumming process and it needs the expertise of occupational therapists. In recent years, healthcare professionals have opened up to…
The proliferation of healthcare data has brought the opportunities of applying data-driven approaches, such as machine learning methods, to assist diagnosis. Recently, many deep learning methods have been shown with impressive successes in predicting disease status with raw input data. However, the "black-box" nature o…
A variety of methods existing for generating synthetic electronic health records (EHRs), but they are not capable of generating unstructured text, like emergency department (ED) chief complaints, history of present illness or progress notes. Here, we use the encoder-decoder model, a deep learning algorithm that feature…
Survey examines challenges and tools for integrating multiple types of omics data.
problem Integrating multiple types of omics data for healthcare applications.
method Categorizes fusion approaches, collects open-source tools, explores datasets.
result Identifies challenges and gaps in multimodal learning for multi-omics.
Today, despite decades of developments in medicine and the growing interest in precision healthcare, vast majority of diagnoses happen once patients begin to show noticeable signs of illness. Early indication and detection of diseases, however, can provide patients and carers with the chance of early intervention, bett…
Machine learning accurately diagnoses cancer from whole genome sequencing data.
problem Accurate cancer diagnosis at all stages.
method Novel MLAC (Machine Learning Against Cancer) method using next-gen RNA sequencing.
result Perfect precision, sensitivity, and specificity achieved for most tumor types.
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a chronic disease that often results in multiple complications. Risk prediction and profiling of T2DM complications is critical for healthcare professionals to design personalized treatment plans for patients in diabetes care for improved outcomes. In this paper, we study the risk of …
. In this paper, an effective computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) system is presented to detect MI signals using the convolution neural network (CNN) for urban healthcare in smart cities. Two types of transfer learning techniques are employed to retrain the pre-trained VGG-Net (Fine-tuning and VGG-Net as fixed feature extra…
Many computational models were proposed to extract temporal patterns from clinical time series for each patient and among patient group for predictive healthcare. However, the common relations among patients (e.g., share the same doctor) were rarely considered. In this paper, we represent patients and clinicians relati…
Effective modeling of electronic health records presents many challenges as they contain large amounts of irregularity most of which are due to the varying procedures and diagnosis a patient may have. Despite the recent progress in machine learning, unsupervised learning remains largely at open, especially in the healt…
Smartphone app diagnoses pulmonary diseases from chest X-rays.
problem Scarcity of training data and class imbalance issues.
method Data Augmentation Generative Adversarial Network (DAGAN) and Convolutional Siamese Network with attention mechanism.
result Achieved 99.30% and 98.40% testing accuracy on Binary/Multiclass scenarios.
In many security and healthcare systems, the detection and diagnosis systems use a sequence of sensors/tests. Each test outputs a prediction of the latent state and carries an inherent cost. However, the correctness of the predictions cannot be evaluated since the ground truth annotations may not be available. Our obje…
OT domain adaptation improves aphasia detection across languages.
problem Detecting aphasia in low-resource languages with limited data.
method Utilized OT domain adaptation to map linguistic features across multiple languages.
result OT domain adaptation significantly improved F1 scores for French and Mandarin aphasia detection.
The paper assesses machine learning robustness with covariate perturbations.
problem Ensuring robustness of machine learning models against adversarial attacks and data changes.
method Proposes a framework using covariate perturbation techniques to assess model robustness.
result Demonstrates the effectiveness of the approach in comparing robustness across models and identifying instabilities.
Acceleration of machine learning research in healthcare is challenged by lack of large annotated and balanced datasets. Furthermore, dealing with measurement inaccuracies and exploiting unsupervised data are considered to be central to improving existing solutions. In particular, a primary objective in predictive model…
Traditionally, machine learning algorithms rely on the assumption that all features of a given dataset are available for free. However, there are many concerns such as monetary data collection costs, patient discomfort in medical procedures, and privacy impacts of data collection that require careful consideration in a…
Quantum computing improves fault diagnosis in industrial processes.
problem Fault detection and diagnosis in industrial process systems.
method Integrates quantum computing and deep learning to extract features and diagnose faults.
result Quantum-assisted deep learning achieves high fault detection rates (79.2% and 99.39%).
Deep learning system diagnoses AVNFH from plain radiographs.
problem Challenging AVNFH diagnosis from plain radiographs.
method Deep convolutional neural networks for end-to-end diagnosis.
result AVN-net achieves state-of-the-art AUC of 0.97 in AVNFH detection.
Probabilistic ML improves healthcare data analysis.
problem Insufficient understanding and incomplete data in healthcare.
method Examination of probabilistic machine learning models for healthcare challenges.
result Probabilistic models enhance healthcare data analysis and model building.
Loss estimator improves model calibration and generalization.
problem Ensuring models generalize to unseen data.
method Train a loss estimator alongside the model using contrastive training.
result Improves model generalization and calibration.
Recent trends focusing on Industry 4.0 concept and smart manufacturing arise a data-driven fault diagnosis as key topic in condition-based maintenance. Fault diagnosis is considered as an essential task in rotary machinery since possibility of an early detection and diagnosis of the faulty condition can save both time …
Measuring Value in Healthcarephysics.soc-ph
A statistical description and model of individual healthcare expenditures in the US has been developed for measuring value in healthcare. We find evidence that healthcare expenditures are quantifiable as an infusion-diffusion process, which can be thought of intuitively as a steady change in the intensity of treatment …
Proposes TPIS for early and low-cost TB vs. pneumonia diagnosis.
problem Challenges in differentiating TB from pneumonia.
method Two-step decision support system with stacked ensemble classifiers.
result TPIS outperforms other methods in early and final diagnosis.
Develops a data-driven fault diagnosis framework for time-series data.
problem Fault diagnosis of dynamic systems using imbalanced and unknown fault classes.
method Kullback-Leibler divergence, data-driven fault classification, open-set classification.
result Framework handles imbalanced datasets, class overlapping, and unknown faults.
Electronic health record (EHR) systems are used extensively throughout the healthcare domain. However, data interchangeability between EHR systems is limited due to the use of different coding standards across systems. Existing methods of mapping coding standards based on manual human experts mapping, dictionary mappin…