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ReviewBioengineering (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Towards Transparent Healthcare: Advancing Local Explanation Methods in Explainable Artificial Intelligence.

Carlo Metta, Andrea Beretta, Roberto Pellungrini, Salvatore Rinzivillo, Fosca Giannotti

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Review in Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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28citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Carlo MettaInstitute of Information Science and Technologies (ISTI-CNR), Via Moruzzi 1, 56127 Pisa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9325-8232
Andrea BerettaInstitute of Information Science and Technologies (ISTI-CNR), Via Moruzzi 1, 56127 Pisa, Italy.
Roberto PellungriniFaculty of Sciences, Scuola Normale Superiore, P.za dei Cavalieri 7, 56126 Pisa, Italy.
Salvatore RinzivilloInstitute of Information Science and Technologies (ISTI-CNR), Via Moruzzi 1, 56127 Pisa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4404-4147
Fosca GiannottiFaculty of Sciences, Scuola Normale Superiore, P.za dei Cavalieri 7, 56126 Pisa, Italy.

Funding

FAIR IR0000013Horizon 2020 871042HumanE AI Net 101092749SoBigData++ 952026TAILOR 952215XAI 834756
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This paper focuses on the use of local Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) methods, particularly the Local Rule-Based Explanations (LORE) technique, within healthcare and medical settings. It emphasizes the critical role of interpretability and transparency in AI systems for diagnosing diseases, predicting patient outcomes, and creating personalized treatment plans. While acknowledging the complexities and inherent trade-offs between interpretability and model performance, our work underscores the significance of local XAI methods in enhancing decision-making processes in healthcare. By providing granular, case-specific insights, local XAI methods like LORE enhance physicians' and patients' understanding of machine learning models and their outcome. Our paper reviews significant contributions to local XAI in healthcare, highlighting its potential to improve clinical decision making, ensure fairness, and comply with regulatory standards.

Indexed as

artificial intelligenceexplainable artificial intelligencemachine learning

Identifiers

PMID38671790
PMCPMC11048122

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