Asymmetrical Reciprocity-based Federated Learning for Resolving Disparities in Medical Diagnosis

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2412.19654v1
• Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2024 13:59:58 GMT
• Title: Asymmetrical Reciprocity-based Federated Learning for Resolving Disparities in Medical Diagnosis
• Authors: Jiaqi Wang, Ziyi Yin, Quanzeng You, Lingjuan Lyu, Fenglong Ma,
• Abstract summary: Geographic health disparities pose a pressing global challenge, particularly in underserved regions of low- and middle-income nations. We propose a novel cross-silo federated learning framework, named FedHelp, aimed at alleviating geographic health disparities and fortifying the diagnostic capabilities of underserved regions.
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• Abstract: Geographic health disparities pose a pressing global challenge, particularly in underserved regions of low- and middle-income nations. Addressing this issue requires a collaborative approach to enhance healthcare quality, leveraging support from medically more developed areas. Federated learning emerges as a promising tool for this purpose. However, the scarcity of medical data and limited computation resources in underserved regions make collaborative training of powerful machine learning models challenging. Furthermore, there exists an asymmetrical reciprocity between underserved and developed regions. To overcome these challenges, we propose a novel cross-silo federated learning framework, named FedHelp, aimed at alleviating geographic health disparities and fortifying the diagnostic capabilities of underserved regions. Specifically, FedHelp leverages foundational model knowledge via one-time API access to guide the learning process of underserved small clients, addressing the challenge of insufficient data. Additionally, we introduce a novel asymmetric dual knowledge distillation module to manage the issue of asymmetric reciprocity, facilitating the exchange of necessary knowledge between developed large clients and underserved small clients. We validate the effectiveness and utility of FedHelp through extensive experiments on both medical image classification and segmentation tasks. The experimental results demonstrate significant performance improvement compared to state-of-the-art baselines, particularly benefiting clients in underserved regions.

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