Interpretable Vertebral Fracture Diagnosis

Paul Engstler, Matthias Keicher, David Schinz, Kristina Mach, Alexandra S. Gersing, Sarah C. Foreman, Sophia S. Goller, Juergen Weissinger, Jon Rischewski, Anna Sophia Dietrich, Benedikt Wiestler, Jan S. Kirschke, Ashkan Khakzar, Nassir Navab

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Abstract

Do black-box neural network models learn clinically relevant features for fracture diagnosis? The answer not only establishes reliability, quenches scientific curiosity, but also leads to explainable and verbose findings that can assist the radiologists in the final and increase trust. This work identifies the concepts networks use for vertebral fracture diagnosis in CT images. This is achieved by associating concepts to neurons highly correlated with a specific diagnosis in the dataset. The concepts are either associated with neurons by radiologists pre-hoc or are visualized during a specific prediction and left for the user’s interpretation. We evaluate which concepts lead to correct diagnosis and which concepts lead to false positives. The proposed frameworks and analysis pave the way for reliable and explainable vertebral fracture diagnosis. The code is publicly available (https://github.com/CAMP-eXplain-AI/Interpretable-Vertebral-Fracture-Diagnosis ).

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInterpretability of Machine Intelligence in Medical Image Computing - 5th International Workshop, iMIMIC 2022, Held in Conjunction with MICCAI 2022, Proceedings
EditorsMauricio Reyes, Pedro Henriques Abreu, Jaime Cardoso
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages71-81
Number of pages11
ISBN (Print)9783031179754
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022
Event5th International Workshop on Interpretability of Machine Intelligence in Medical Image Computing, iMIMIC 2022, held in conjunction with the 25th International Conference on Medical Imaging and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2022 - Singapore, Singapore
Duration: 22 Sep 202222 Sep 2022

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume13611 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference5th International Workshop on Interpretability of Machine Intelligence in Medical Image Computing, iMIMIC 2022, held in conjunction with the 25th International Conference on Medical Imaging and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2022
Country/TerritorySingapore
CitySingapore
Period22/09/2222/09/22

Keywords

  • Interpretability
  • Vertebral fracture diagnosis

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