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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2021

A Generative Adversarial Network (GAN) Technique for Internet of Medical Things Data.

Ivan Vaccari, Vanessa Orani, Alessia Paglialonga, Enrico Cambiaso, Maurizio Mongelli

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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11citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.7field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 81 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ivan VaccariConsiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Institute of Electronics, Information Engineering and Telecommunications (IEIIT), 16149 Genoa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7721-5737
Vanessa OraniConsiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Institute of Electronics, Information Engineering and Telecommunications (IEIIT), 16149 Genoa, Italy.
Alessia PaglialongaConsiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Institute of Electronics, Information Engineering and Telecommunications (IEIIT), 20133 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1341-2560
Enrico CambiasoConsiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Institute of Electronics, Information Engineering and Telecommunications (IEIIT), 16149 Genoa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6932-1975
Maurizio MongelliConsiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Institute of Electronics, Information Engineering and Telecommunications (IEIIT), 16149 Genoa, Italy.
Institute of Electronics, Computer and Telecommunication Engineering · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The application of machine learning and artificial intelligence techniques in the medical world is growing, with a range of purposes: from the identification and prediction of possible diseases to patient monitoring and clinical decision support systems. Furthermore, the widespread use of remote monitoring medical devices, under the umbrella of the "Internet of Medical Things" (IoMT), has simplified the retrieval of patient information as they allow continuous monitoring and direct access to data by healthcare providers. However, due to possible issues in real-world settings, such as loss of connectivity, irregular use, misuse, or poor adherence to a monitoring program, the data collected might not be sufficient to implement accurate algorithms. For this reason, data augmentation techniques can be used to create synthetic datasets sufficiently large to train machine learning models. In this work, we apply the concept of generative adversarial networks (GANs) to perform a data augmentation from patient data obtained through IoMT sensors for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) monitoring. We also apply an explainable AI algorithm to demonstrate the accuracy of the synthetic data by comparing it to the real data recorded by the sensors. The results obtained demonstrate how synthetic datasets created through a well-structured GAN are comparable with a real dataset, as validated by a novel approach based on machine learning.

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Artificial IntelligenceInternet of ThingsAlgorithmsHumansMachine Learninggenerative adversarial networks (GANs)healthcareintelligible analyticsInternet of Medical Things (IoMT)machine learningremote monitoringstatistical validation

Identifiers

PMID34071944
PMCPMC8197837
OpenAlexW3165102474

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