Deep-Fed: A comprehensive solution for precise bone fracture identification in athletes
Tariq Ali, Asif Nawaz, Muhammad Rizwan Rashid Rana, Azhar Imran, Ahmad Alshammari, Javed Rashid, Lorenzo Faggioni, Lorenzo Faggioni, Lorenzo Faggioni, Lorenzo Faggioni

TL;DR
Deep-Fed is a privacy-preserving AI system that improves the accuracy of bone fracture detection in athletes using federated learning.
Contribution
A novel federated deep learning framework, Deep-Fed, that achieves high accuracy in fracture diagnosis while preserving data privacy.
Findings
Deep-Fed achieved 96.23 ± 0.42% accuracy on the Deep-I dataset, outperforming existing baselines.
The framework showed significant improvements over three baselines with p-values < 0.05 in statistical tests.
Federated learning enabled accurate diagnosis across distributed clinics without sharing raw patient data.
Abstract
Bone fracture diagnosis is a critical aspect of sports medicine, where accurate and timely detection enables effective treatment and rapid recovery. This study proposes Deep-Fed, a federated deep learning framework for fracture diagnosis in athletes. Deep-Fed integrates convolutional neural networks with a specialized classification module, FractureNet, and trains it across distributed athletic clinics using federated averaging without exchanging raw images, thereby preserving patient privacy while leveraging diverse data sources. The framework was evaluated on three benchmark datasets—Deep-I, Deep-II, and Deep-III—representing varied imaging conditions and patient groups. Deep-Fed achieved accuracy rates of 96.23 ± 0.42%, 97.11 ± 0.35%, and 96.73 ± 0.39%, respectively, significantly outperforming Baseline 1 (87.23 ± 0.68%), Baseline 2 (90.15 ± 0.55%), and Baseline 3 (94.49 ± 0.47%).…
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TopicsArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education · Medical Imaging and Analysis · COVID-19 diagnosis using AI
