Swarm learning with weak supervision enables automatic breast cancer detection in magnetic resonance imaging
Combining weakly supervised learning with SL enhances inter-institutional collaboration, improving the utility of distributed datasets for medical AI training without requiring detailed annotations or centralized data sharing.
Authors
- Paul-Christophe Varoutas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9127-4418)
- Alexandra Athanasiou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4530-0210)
- Kathy Pfeiffer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-7643-4284)
- Daniel Truhn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9605-0728)
- Raquel Pérez-López (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9176-0130)
- Kamarul Amin Abdullah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3568-9579)
- С. П. Морозов (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6545-6170)
- Sylwia Nowakowska (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9463-7640)
- Jiefu Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9105-022X)
- Julia Camps Herrero (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8061-6272)
- L. Escudero (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3464-9206)
- Sreenath P. Kyathanahally (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7399-8487)
- Wouter B. Veldhuis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9798-6843)
- Gustav Müller‐Franzes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7413-2570)
- Marta Ligero (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9824-7316)
- Narmin Ghaffari Laleh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0889-3352)
- M Wenzel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-4078-9121)
- Cristina Rossi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9041-2222)
- Fiona J. Gilbert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0124-9962)
- Christiane Katharina Kuhl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8696-2363)
- Zunamys I. Carrero (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8501-1566)
- Volkmar Schulz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1341-9356)
- Ritse M. Mann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8111-1930)
- Jakob Nikolas Kather (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3730-5348)
- Oliver Lester Saldanha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3594-7590)
- Alexander Ciritsis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0920-9700)
- Nicholas Roy Payne (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0492-971X)
- Jakob Behner
- Georgios Apostolakos
- Chrysafoula Kolofousi
- Antri Kleanthous
- Michail Kalogeropoulos
Institutions
- Radboud University Nijmegen (NL)
- University of Bremen (DE)
- Heidelberg University (DE)
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- University Hospital Heidelberg (DE)
- European Society of Radiology (AT)
- Radboud University Medical Center (NL)
- The Netherlands Cancer Institute (NL)
- University Medical Center Utrecht (NL)
- Cancer Research UK Cambridge Center (GB)
- Hospital de La Ribera (ES)
- University Hospital of Zurich (CH)
- Oncode Institute (NL)
- National Center for Tumor Diseases (DE)
- Mitera Hospital (GR)
- Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Medicine (DE)
- University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus (DE)
- Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (ES)
- Sultan Zainal Abidin University (MY)
- Technische Universität Dresden (DE)
- RWTH Aachen University (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Communications Medicine
- Published
- 2025-02-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-024-00722-5
- Citations
- 6
- Primary Topic
- AI in cancer detection
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 14.89
Funders
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- Department of Health and Social Care
- European Commission
- Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst
- Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
- Bundesministerium für Gesundheit
- Deutsche Krebshilfe
- Gemeinsame Bundesausschuss
- HORIZON EUROPE Framework Programme
- Leeds Biomedical Research Centre