Transformer encoder with multiscale deep learning for pain classification using physiological signals

Zhenyuan Lu, Burcu Ozek, Sagar Kamarthi · 2023

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Description

Lu, Ozek, and Kamarthi build a deep learning model that scores pain from body signals. Self-reported pain scales can be uneven and biased, so a signal-based tool could help. Their model, PainAttnNet, aims to sort pain levels more precisely.

The model joins multi-scale networks, a squeeze-and-excitation block, and a transformer encoder. That mix pulls features across time spans and weights how features relate. Tests used the BioVid heat pain dataset, a standard set for this task. PainAttnNet beat prior models on that data. The authors see it as a step toward more personal, exact pain checks.

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CREATORZhenyuan Lu, Burcu Ozek, Sagar Kamarthi
YEAR2023
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE52 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC10730685

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