Summary of Demographic Predictability in 3d Ct Foundation Embeddings, by Guangyao Zheng et al.
Demographic Predictability in 3D CT Foundation Embeddings
by Guangyao Zheng, Michael A. Jacobs, Vishwa S. Parekh
First submitted to arxiv on: 28 Nov 2024
Categories
- Main: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI); Emerging Technologies (cs.ET); Machine Learning (cs.LG)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The paper presents a study on self-supervised foundation models that encode 3D computed tomography (CT) images with excellent performance across various downstream tasks. Researchers evaluate these embeddings by predicting demographic information such as age, sex, and race using the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) dataset. The results indicate that the models effectively capture age and sex information, but less so for race prediction. This study suggests a need to explore the information encoded in self-supervised learning frameworks to ensure fair, responsible, and patient privacy-protected healthcare AI. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary The paper looks at how well self-learning computer models can understand 3D CT images. These models are already good at helping with tasks like diagnosing diseases. But researchers wanted to know if these models also learn about things like a person’s age or race from the images. They tested this by trying to predict these demographic details using a big dataset of 3D CT scans and patient information. The results show that the models are pretty good at guessing people’s ages and whether they’re male or female, but not as good at figuring out their race. This study is important because it helps us understand how these self-learning computer models work, which can help make sure they don’t accidentally use unfair or biased information. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Self supervised
