7 papers
KindSleep: Knowledge-Informed Diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnea from Oximetry
Micky C Nnamdi, Wenqi Shi, Cheng Wan +4
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a sleep disorder that affects nearly one billion people globally and significantly elevates cardiovascular risk. Traditional diagnosis through poly…
Advancing Problem-Based Learning in Biomedical Engineering in the Era of Generative AI
Micky C. Nnamdi, J. Ben Tamo, Benoit Marteau +2
Problem-Based Learning (PBL) has significantly impacted biomedical engineering (BME) education since its introduction in the early 2000s, effectively enhancing critical thinking an…
LLM-as-RNN: A Recurrent Language Model for Memory Updates and Sequence Prediction
Yuxing Lu, J. Ben Tamo, Weichen Zhao +5
Large language models are strong sequence predictors, yet standard inference relies on immutable context histories. After making an error at generation step t, the model lacks an u…
Developing Fairness-Aware Task Decomposition to Improve Equity in Post-Spinal Fusion Complication Prediction
Yining Yuan, J. Ben Tamo, Wenqi Shi +5
Fairness in clinical prediction models remains a persistent challenge, particularly in high-stakes applications such as spinal fusion surgery for scoliosis, where patient outcomes…
Causal Machine Learning for Surgical Interventions
J. Ben Tamo, Nishant S. Chouhan, Micky C. Nnamdi +6
Surgical decision-making is complex and requires understanding causal relationships between patient characteristics, interventions, and outcomes. In high-stakes settings like spina…
Novel Extraction of Discriminative Fine-Grained Feature to Improve Retinal Vessel Segmentation
Shuang Zeng, Chee Hong Lee, Micky C Nnamdi +9
Retinal vessel segmentation is a vital early detection method for several severe ocular diseases. Despite significant progress in retinal vessel segmentation with the advancement o…