A Novel Taxonomy for Navigating and Classifying Synthetic Data in Healthcare Applications

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Autores principales: van Dijk, Bram, Islam, Saif ul, Achterberg, Jim, Waseem, Hafiz Muhammad, Gallos, Parisis, Epiphaniou, Gregory, Maple, Carsten, Haas, Marcel, Spruit, Marco
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Publicado: 2024
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author van Dijk, Bram
Islam, Saif ul
Achterberg, Jim
Waseem, Hafiz Muhammad
Gallos, Parisis
Epiphaniou, Gregory
Maple, Carsten
Haas, Marcel
Spruit, Marco
author_facet van Dijk, Bram
Islam, Saif ul
Achterberg, Jim
Waseem, Hafiz Muhammad
Gallos, Parisis
Epiphaniou, Gregory
Maple, Carsten
Haas, Marcel
Spruit, Marco
contents Data-driven technologies have improved the efficiency, reliability and effectiveness of healthcare services, but come with an increasing demand for data, which is challenging due to privacy-related constraints on sharing data in healthcare contexts. Synthetic data has recently gained popularity as potential solution, but in the flurry of current research it can be hard to oversee its potential. This paper proposes a novel taxonomy of synthetic data in healthcare to navigate the landscape in terms of three main varieties. Data Proportion comprises different ratios of synthetic data in a dataset and associated pros and cons. Data Modality refers to the different data formats amenable to synthesis and format-specific challenges. Data Transformation concerns improving specific aspects of a dataset like its utility or privacy with synthetic data. Our taxonomy aims to help researchers in the healthcare domain interested in synthetic data to grasp what types of datasets, data modalities, and transformations are possible with synthetic data, and where the challenges and overlaps between the varieties lie.
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spellingShingle A Novel Taxonomy for Navigating and Classifying Synthetic Data in Healthcare Applications
van Dijk, Bram
Islam, Saif ul
Achterberg, Jim
Waseem, Hafiz Muhammad
Gallos, Parisis
Epiphaniou, Gregory
Maple, Carsten
Haas, Marcel
Spruit, Marco
Computers and Society
Data-driven technologies have improved the efficiency, reliability and effectiveness of healthcare services, but come with an increasing demand for data, which is challenging due to privacy-related constraints on sharing data in healthcare contexts. Synthetic data has recently gained popularity as potential solution, but in the flurry of current research it can be hard to oversee its potential. This paper proposes a novel taxonomy of synthetic data in healthcare to navigate the landscape in terms of three main varieties. Data Proportion comprises different ratios of synthetic data in a dataset and associated pros and cons. Data Modality refers to the different data formats amenable to synthesis and format-specific challenges. Data Transformation concerns improving specific aspects of a dataset like its utility or privacy with synthetic data. Our taxonomy aims to help researchers in the healthcare domain interested in synthetic data to grasp what types of datasets, data modalities, and transformations are possible with synthetic data, and where the challenges and overlaps between the varieties lie.
title A Novel Taxonomy for Navigating and Classifying Synthetic Data in Healthcare Applications
topic Computers and Society
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.00701