A feature-efficient dual-task machine learning framework for predicting bone mineral density and osteoporosis stratification in resource-constrained environments

• Alina Maryum,

  Roles Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Computer and Software Engineering, National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad, Pakistan

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• Arslan Shaukat ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Arslan Shaukat, Ayesha Haque, Shazia Yusuf, Saif ul Haque, Humaira Ali, Soyiba Jawed, Muhammad Usman Akram

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: arslanshaukat@ceme.nust.edu.pk

  Current Address: Department of Computer and Software Engineering, National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad, Pakistan

  Affiliation Department of Computer and Software Engineering, National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad, Pakistan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1612-111X

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• Ehsan Yousaf,

  Roles Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Engineering, National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad, Pakistan

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• Ayesha Haque ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Arslan Shaukat, Ayesha Haque, Shazia Yusuf, Saif ul Haque, Humaira Ali, Soyiba Jawed, Muhammad Usman Akram

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Anatomy, National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad, Pakistan

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• Shazia Yusuf ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Arslan Shaukat, Ayesha Haque, Shazia Yusuf, Saif ul Haque, Humaira Ali, Soyiba Jawed, Muhammad Usman Akram

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Capital Hospital (CDA), Islamabad, Pakistan

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• Saif ul Haque ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Arslan Shaukat, Ayesha Haque, Shazia Yusuf, Saif ul Haque, Humaira Ali, Soyiba Jawed, Muhammad Usman Akram

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Nuclear Medicine (AECH-NORI), Islamabad, Pakistan

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• Humaira Ali ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Arslan Shaukat, Ayesha Haque, Shazia Yusuf, Saif ul Haque, Humaira Ali, Soyiba Jawed, Muhammad Usman Akram

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Swat Medical College, Swat, Pakistan

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• Soyiba Jawed ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Arslan Shaukat, Ayesha Haque, Shazia Yusuf, Saif ul Haque, Humaira Ali, Soyiba Jawed, Muhammad Usman Akram

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Computer and Software Engineering, National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad, Pakistan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9984-3889

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• Muhammad Usman Akram

  Contributed equally to this work with: Arslan Shaukat, Ayesha Haque, Shazia Yusuf, Saif ul Haque, Humaira Ali, Soyiba Jawed, Muhammad Usman Akram

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Computer and Software Engineering, National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad, Pakistan

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