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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Optimal Transport-Based Heterogeneous Federated Learning for Chest X-Rays.

Yi Liu, Haijiang Wang, Xiaohong Qian, Jian Wan, Lei Zhang, Jie Huang, Yexin Dou

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Yi LiuSchool of Computer Science and Technology, Zhejiang University of Science and Technology, Hangzhou 310023, China.ORCID 0009-0009-3274-3988
Haijiang WangSchool of Computer Science and Technology, Zhejiang University of Science and Technology, Hangzhou 310023, China.ORCID 0000-0002-9386-2536
Xiaohong QianZhejiang Key Laboratory of Biomedical Intelligent Computing Technology, Hangzhou 310023, China.
Jian WanSchool of Computer Science and Technology, Zhejiang Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Hangzhou, Hangzhou 310018, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9882-3029
Lei ZhangSchool of Computer Science and Technology, Zhejiang University of Science and Technology, Hangzhou 310023, China.
Jie HuangSchool of Computer Science and Technology, Zhejiang University of Science and Technology, Hangzhou 310023, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9717-8355
Yexin DouSchool of Computer Science and Technology, Zhejiang University of Science and Technology, Hangzhou 310023, China.ORCID 0009-0003-8786-1910

Funding

Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province of Zhejiang LMS26F020034Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang University of Science and Technology, Zhejiang 2025QN022Scientific Research Fund of Zhejiang Provincial Education Department, Zhejiang Y202454344
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Abstract

In some federated learning (FL) scenarios, discrepancies in local client devices result in inconsistent image resolutions, which motivates clients to adopt models with different depths and widths. Existing heterogeneous federated learning methods struggle to maintain model accuracy while preserving computational efficiency. To tackle this issue, this paper proposes a heterogeneous federated learning framework based on optimal transport (OT) and cross-layer alignment. The framework addresses the inconsistency of model depth via cross-layer alignment, fuses parameters of layers with different widths using optimal transport, and develops an aggregation strategy for multiple heterogeneous models. Experiments demonstrate that our method can improve model accuracy by up to 1.65% while maintaining satisfactory efficiency.

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federated learningheterogeneousoptimal transport

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PMID42655369
PMCPMC13517198

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