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FedCLAM: Client Adaptive Momentum with Foreground Intensity Matching for Federated Medical Image Segmentation

Siomos, V., Passerat-Palmbach, J. & Tarroni, G. ORCID: 0000-0002-0341-6138 (2025). FedCLAM: Client Adaptive Momentum with Foreground Intensity Matching for Federated Medical Image Segmentation. Paper presented at the International Conference On Medical Image Computing And Computer Assisted Intervention, 22-27 Sep 2025, Daejeom, South Korea.

Abstract

Federated learning is a decentralized training approach that keeps data under stakeholder control while achieving superior performance over isolated training. While inter-institutional feature discrepancies pose a challenge in all federated settings, medical imaging is particularly affected due to diverse imaging devices and population variances, which can diminish the global model's effectiveness. Existing aggregation methods generally fail to adapt across varied circumstances. To address this, we propose FedCLAM, which integrates \textit{client-adaptive momentum} terms derived from each client's loss reduction during local training, as well as a \textit{personalized dampening factor} to curb overfitting. We further introduce a novel \textit{intensity alignment} loss that matches predicted and ground-truth foreground distributions to handle heterogeneous image intensity profiles across institutions and devices. Extensive evaluations on two datasets show that FedCLAM surpasses eight cutting-edge methods in medical segmentation tasks, underscoring its efficacy.

Publication Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Additional Information: This version of the contribution has been accepted for publication, after peer review but is not the Version of Record and does not reflect post-acceptance improvements, or any corrections. The Version of Record will be available online: https://link.springer.com/series/558. Use of this Accepted Version is subject to the publisher’s Accepted Manuscript terms of use https://www.springernature.com/gp/open-research/policies/accepted-manuscript-terms
Publisher Keywords: Federated Learning, Data Heterogeneity, Segmentation
Subjects: Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
R Medicine > RC Internal medicine
Departments: School of Science & Technology
School of Science & Technology > Computer Science
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