MedEqualizer: A Framework Investigating Bias in Synthetic Medical Data and Mitigation via Augmentation

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Main Authors:	Salarian, Sama, Zhang, Yue, Padhee, Swati, Parthasarathy, Srinivasan
Format:	Preprint
Published:	2025
Subjects:	Machine Learning
Online Access:	Acceder al recurso
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