NurtureNet: A Multi-task Video-based Approach for Newborn Anthropometry

arXiv:2405.05530v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Malnutrition among newborns is a top public health concern in developing countries. Identification and subsequent growth monitoring are key to successful interventions. However, this is challenging in rural communities where health systems tend to be inaccessible and under-equipped, with poor adherence to protocol. Our goal is to equip health workers and public health systems with a solution for contactless newborn anthropometry in the community.
We propose NurtureNet, a multi-task model that fuses visual information (a …

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