arXiv:2610.09031v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Medical imaging models often operate as black boxes, limiting interpretability and systematic debugging. We introduce an easy-to-use, plug-and-play framework for concept-based interpretation and model refinement. By aligning a single-modality encoder to BioMedCLIP, we construct a Concept Bottleneck Model (CBM) that enables concept-level interventions. These interventions allow us to isolate causal versus spuriously correlated concepts, validate insights with domain experts, and generate counterfactual samples for targeted fine-tuning. We evaluate our framework on a Mayo Clinic ultrasound dataset and the CheXpert 5x200 chest X-ray dataset. Results demonstrate that concept intervention enables reliable model diagnosis while maintaining, and occasionally improving predictive performance via guided fine-tuning. Our findings highlight the practical value of this framework for controlled, interpretable refinement of clinical deep learning models.
Beyond Explanation: Debugging Medical Imaging Models via Concept Intervention
A new arXiv paper (2610.09031v1) introduces a plug-and-play framework for concept-based interpretation and refinement of medical imaging models, building a Concept Bottleneck Model by aligning a single-modality encoder to BioMedCLIP. Evaluated on a Mayo Clinic ultrasound dataset and the CheXpert 5x200 chest X-ray dataset, the framework's concept-level interventions isolate causal versus spuriously correlated concepts and generate counterfactual samples for targeted fine-tuning, maintaining or occasionally improving predictive performance. The authors report the approach enables reliable model diagnosis for controlled, interpretable refinement of clinical deep learning models.
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