用联邦学习减少心脏骤停预测中的性别偏差,保护隐私同时提升公平性。
FairFML: Fair Federated Machine Learning with a Case Study on Reducing Gender Disparities in Cardiac Arrest Outcome Prediction
- 基于联邦学习框架设计公平性优化机制,不依赖集中数据。
- 相比中心化模型,公平性提升最高达65%,性能无损失。
- 适用于医疗多机构协作,适合关注算法公平性的研究者。
目标:在医疗研究中缓解算法偏见是关键挑战,确保公平性至关重要。尽管多机构存在大规模医疗数据,跨机构合作常受隐私限制,亟需兼顾隐私与公平的解决方案。方法:本研究提出公平联邦机器学习(FairFML),一种模型无关的方案,旨在减少跨机构医疗协作中的算法偏见并保护患者隐私。以真实临床案例为验证,聚焦于降低心脏骤停预后预测中的性别差异。结果:结果显示,所提出的FairFML框架在不损害预测性能的前提下提升了联邦学习模型的公平性。与中心化模型相比,公平性最高提升65%,且性能与本地及中心化模型相当,经受试者工作特征分析验证。讨论与结论:FairFML为联邦学习协作提供了一种灵活且有前景的解决方案,可无缝集成至多种联邦学习框架与模型(从传统统计方法到深度学习),适用于多样化的临床与生物医学应用场景,助力构建更公平的联邦学习模型。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Objective: Mitigating algorithmic disparities is a critical challenge in healthcare research, where ensuring equity and fairness is paramount. While large-scale healthcare data exist across multiple institutions, cross-institutional collaborations often face privacy constraints, highlighting the need for privacy-preserving solutions that also promote fairness. Materials and Methods: In this study, we present Fair Federated Machine Learning (FairFML), a model-agnostic solution designed to reduce algorithmic bias in cross-institutional healthcare collaborations while preserving patient privacy. As a proof of concept, we validated FairFML using a real-world clinical case study focused on reducing gender disparities in cardiac arrest outcome prediction. Results: We demonstrate that the proposed FairFML framework enhances fairness in federated learning (FL) models without compromising predictive performance. Our findings show that FairFML improves model fairness by up to 65% compared to the centralized model, while maintaining performance comparable to both local and centralized models, as measured by receiver operating characteristic analysis. Discussion and Conclusion: FairFML offers a promising and flexible solution for FL collaborations, with its adaptability allowing seamless integration with various FL frameworks and models, from traditional statistical methods to deep learning techniques. This makes FairFML a robust approach for developing fairer FL models across diverse clinical and biomedical applications.
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