Explainable Artificial Intelligence for Doctors Decision Support in Diagnosing Spinal Pathologies
摘要
This paper presents an AI-based decision support system for spinal pathology diagnostics using MRI. The system incorporates an ensemble of neural networks and explainable AI (XAI) tools based on Grad-CAM. Our approach is aimed not only at enhancing the transparency of AI predictions, but also at improving clinical decisions in diagnostically complex cases. We experimentally show that (1) XAI can be used to restructure the training dataset to improve model performance, and (2) radiologists make more accurate diagnoses when provided with XAI maps alongside standard images. Our system shows promising results in detecting borderline cases of intervertebral disc protrusions, and lays the foundation for integrating XAI into clinical practice.