Related papers: Vision Through the Veil: Differential Privacy in Federated Learning for Medical Image Classification

Vision Through the Veil: Differential Privacy in Federated Learning for Medical Image Classification

URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2306.17794v1
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2023 16:48:58 GMT
Title: Vision Through the Veil: Differential Privacy in Federated Learning for Medical Image Classification
Authors: Kishore Babu Nampalle, Pradeep Singh, Uppala Vivek Narayan, Balasubramanian Raman
Abstract summary: The proliferation of deep learning applications in healthcare calls for data aggregation across various institutions. Privacy-preserving mechanisms are paramount in medical image analysis, where the data being sensitive in nature. This study addresses the need by integrating differential privacy, a leading privacy-preserving technique, into a federated learning framework for medical image classification.
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License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Abstract: The proliferation of deep learning applications in healthcare calls for data aggregation across various institutions, a practice often associated with significant privacy concerns. This concern intensifies in medical image analysis, where privacy-preserving mechanisms are paramount due to the data being sensitive in nature. Federated learning, which enables cooperative model training without direct data exchange, presents a promising solution. Nevertheless, the inherent vulnerabilities of federated learning necessitate further privacy safeguards. This study addresses this need by integrating differential privacy, a leading privacy-preserving technique, into a federated learning framework for medical image classification. We introduce a novel differentially private federated learning model and meticulously examine its impacts on privacy preservation and model performance. Our research confirms the existence of a trade-off between model accuracy and privacy settings. However, we demonstrate that strategic calibration of the privacy budget in differential privacy can uphold robust image classification performance while providing substantial privacy protection.