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Main Authors: Zantou, Pamely, Guda, Blessed, Retta, Bereket, Inabeza, Gladys, Joe-Wong, Carlee, Gueye, Assane
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Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.01167
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author Zantou, Pamely
Guda, Blessed
Retta, Bereket
Inabeza, Gladys
Joe-Wong, Carlee
Gueye, Assane
author_facet Zantou, Pamely
Guda, Blessed
Retta, Bereket
Inabeza, Gladys
Joe-Wong, Carlee
Gueye, Assane
contents Birth Apshyxia (BA) is a severe condition characterized by insufficient supply of oxygen to a newborn during the delivery. BA is one of the primary causes of neonatal death in the world. Although there has been a decline in neonatal deaths over the past two decades, the developing world, particularly sub-Saharan Africa, continues to experience the highest under-five (<5) mortality rates. While evidence-based methods are commonly used to detect BA in African healthcare settings, they can be subject to physician errors or delays in diagnosis, preventing timely interventions. Centralized Machine Learning (ML) methods demonstrated good performance in early detection of BA but require sensitive health data to leave their premises before training, which does not guarantee privacy and security. Healthcare institutions are therefore reluctant to adopt such solutions in Africa. To address this challenge, we suggest a federated learning (FL)-based software architecture, a distributed learning method that prioritizes privacy and security by design. We have developed a user-friendly and cost-effective mobile application embedding the FL pipeline for early detection of BA. Our Federated SVM model outperformed centralized SVM pipelines and Neural Networks (NN)-based methods in the existing literature
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spellingShingle HumekaFL: Automated Detection of Neonatal Asphyxia Using Federated Learning
Zantou, Pamely
Guda, Blessed
Retta, Bereket
Inabeza, Gladys
Joe-Wong, Carlee
Gueye, Assane
Machine Learning
Audio and Speech Processing
Birth Apshyxia (BA) is a severe condition characterized by insufficient supply of oxygen to a newborn during the delivery. BA is one of the primary causes of neonatal death in the world. Although there has been a decline in neonatal deaths over the past two decades, the developing world, particularly sub-Saharan Africa, continues to experience the highest under-five (<5) mortality rates. While evidence-based methods are commonly used to detect BA in African healthcare settings, they can be subject to physician errors or delays in diagnosis, preventing timely interventions. Centralized Machine Learning (ML) methods demonstrated good performance in early detection of BA but require sensitive health data to leave their premises before training, which does not guarantee privacy and security. Healthcare institutions are therefore reluctant to adopt such solutions in Africa. To address this challenge, we suggest a federated learning (FL)-based software architecture, a distributed learning method that prioritizes privacy and security by design. We have developed a user-friendly and cost-effective mobile application embedding the FL pipeline for early detection of BA. Our Federated SVM model outperformed centralized SVM pipelines and Neural Networks (NN)-based methods in the existing literature
title HumekaFL: Automated Detection of Neonatal Asphyxia Using Federated Learning
topic Machine Learning
Audio and Speech Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.01167