Navigating Challenges and Harnessing Opportunities: Deep Learning Applications in Internet of Medical Things

Integrating deep learning (DL) with the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) is a paradigm shift in modern healthcare, offering enormous opportunities for patient care, diagnostics, and treatment. Implementing DL with IoMT has the potential to deliver better diagnosis, treatment, and patient management...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: John Mulo, Hengshuo Liang, Mian Qian, Milon Biswas, Bharat Rawal, Yifan Guo, Wei Yu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2025-03-01
Series:Future Internet
Subjects:
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-5903/17/3/107
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1850090782133846016
author John Mulo
Hengshuo Liang
Mian Qian
Milon Biswas
Bharat Rawal
Yifan Guo
Wei Yu
author_facet John Mulo
Hengshuo Liang
Mian Qian
Milon Biswas
Bharat Rawal
Yifan Guo
Wei Yu
author_sort John Mulo
collection DOAJ
description Integrating deep learning (DL) with the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) is a paradigm shift in modern healthcare, offering enormous opportunities for patient care, diagnostics, and treatment. Implementing DL with IoMT has the potential to deliver better diagnosis, treatment, and patient management. However, the practical implementation has challenges, including data quality, privacy, interoperability, and limited computational resources. This survey article provides a conceptual IoMT framework for healthcare, synthesizes and identifies the state-of-the-art solutions that tackle the challenges of the current applications of DL, and analyzes existing limitations and potential future developments. Through an analysis of case studies and real-world implementations, this work provides insights into best practices and lessons learned, including the importance of robust data preprocessing, integration with legacy systems, and human-centric design. Finally, we outline future research directions, emphasizing the development of transparent, scalable, and privacy-preserving DL models to realize the full potential of IoMT in healthcare. This survey aims to serve as a foundational reference for researchers and practitioners seeking to navigate the challenges and harness the opportunities in this rapidly evolving field.
format Article
id doaj-art-d0fd6f21aff74f25a54aa8ec955bff1e
institution DOAJ
issn 1999-5903
language English
publishDate 2025-03-01
publisher MDPI AG
record_format Article
series Future Internet
spelling doaj-art-d0fd6f21aff74f25a54aa8ec955bff1e2025-08-20T02:42:30ZengMDPI AGFuture Internet1999-59032025-03-0117310710.3390/fi17030107Navigating Challenges and Harnessing Opportunities: Deep Learning Applications in Internet of Medical ThingsJohn Mulo0Hengshuo Liang1Mian Qian2Milon Biswas3Bharat Rawal4Yifan Guo5Wei Yu6Department of Computer and Information Sciences, Towson University, Towson, MD 21252, USASchool of Engineering & Technology, University of Washington Tacoma, Tacoma, WA 98402, USADepartment of Computer and Information Sciences, Towson University, Towson, MD 21252, USADepartment of Computer and Information Sciences, Towson University, Towson, MD 21252, USADepartment of Computer Science & Digital Technologies, Grambling State University, Grambling, LA 71245, USADepartment of Computer and Information Sciences, Towson University, Towson, MD 21252, USADepartment of Computer and Information Sciences, Towson University, Towson, MD 21252, USAIntegrating deep learning (DL) with the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) is a paradigm shift in modern healthcare, offering enormous opportunities for patient care, diagnostics, and treatment. Implementing DL with IoMT has the potential to deliver better diagnosis, treatment, and patient management. However, the practical implementation has challenges, including data quality, privacy, interoperability, and limited computational resources. This survey article provides a conceptual IoMT framework for healthcare, synthesizes and identifies the state-of-the-art solutions that tackle the challenges of the current applications of DL, and analyzes existing limitations and potential future developments. Through an analysis of case studies and real-world implementations, this work provides insights into best practices and lessons learned, including the importance of robust data preprocessing, integration with legacy systems, and human-centric design. Finally, we outline future research directions, emphasizing the development of transparent, scalable, and privacy-preserving DL models to realize the full potential of IoMT in healthcare. This survey aims to serve as a foundational reference for researchers and practitioners seeking to navigate the challenges and harness the opportunities in this rapidly evolving field.https://www.mdpi.com/1999-5903/17/3/107deep learning (DL)Internet of Medical Things (IoMT)DL applicationssmart healthcare
spellingShingle John Mulo
Hengshuo Liang
Mian Qian
Milon Biswas
Bharat Rawal
Yifan Guo
Wei Yu
Navigating Challenges and Harnessing Opportunities: Deep Learning Applications in Internet of Medical Things
Future Internet
deep learning (DL)
Internet of Medical Things (IoMT)
DL applications
smart healthcare
title Navigating Challenges and Harnessing Opportunities: Deep Learning Applications in Internet of Medical Things
title_full Navigating Challenges and Harnessing Opportunities: Deep Learning Applications in Internet of Medical Things
title_fullStr Navigating Challenges and Harnessing Opportunities: Deep Learning Applications in Internet of Medical Things
title_full_unstemmed Navigating Challenges and Harnessing Opportunities: Deep Learning Applications in Internet of Medical Things
title_short Navigating Challenges and Harnessing Opportunities: Deep Learning Applications in Internet of Medical Things
title_sort navigating challenges and harnessing opportunities deep learning applications in internet of medical things
topic deep learning (DL)
Internet of Medical Things (IoMT)
DL applications
smart healthcare
url https://www.mdpi.com/1999-5903/17/3/107
work_keys_str_mv AT johnmulo navigatingchallengesandharnessingopportunitiesdeeplearningapplicationsininternetofmedicalthings
AT hengshuoliang navigatingchallengesandharnessingopportunitiesdeeplearningapplicationsininternetofmedicalthings
AT mianqian navigatingchallengesandharnessingopportunitiesdeeplearningapplicationsininternetofmedicalthings
AT milonbiswas navigatingchallengesandharnessingopportunitiesdeeplearningapplicationsininternetofmedicalthings
AT bharatrawal navigatingchallengesandharnessingopportunitiesdeeplearningapplicationsininternetofmedicalthings
AT yifanguo navigatingchallengesandharnessingopportunitiesdeeplearningapplicationsininternetofmedicalthings
AT weiyu navigatingchallengesandharnessingopportunitiesdeeplearningapplicationsininternetofmedicalthings