Explainable AI (XAI) for Breast Cancer Diagnosis

dc.contributor.authorAriyametkul, Awika
dc.contributor.authorTamang, Sudarshan
dc.contributor.authorPaing, May Phu
dc.date.accessioned2026-08-06T10:45:25Z
dc.date.available2026-08-06T10:45:25Z
dc.date.issued2024-01-01
dc.description.abstractBreast cancer is the leading cause of mortality and incidence among women worldwide. Mammography, an essential imaging technique, plays a pivotal role in both screening and diagnostic processes by facilitating early detection, which helps improve survival rates. Despite its effectiveness, interpreting mammographic images presents considerable challenges, necessitating the expertise of highly trained radiologists. Artificial intelligence (AI) is a powerful tool for managing large amounts of data and is increasingly used across numerous sectors, including medical applications. This research focuses on applying Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) to classify breast cancer from mammograms. We explored six different CNN models including simple ConvNet, AlexNet, VGG-16, GoogLeNet, XceptionNet, and DenseNet201. Our results indicate that DenseNet201 is the most suitable model for this task, achieving 99% accuracy. However, a limitation of AI is the lack of transparency and explanation, often referred to as the 'black box' problem. This vulnerability can be addressed through explainable artificial intelligence (XAI), which elucidates the processes behind AI's decision-making. We employed three different XAI methodologies, including LIME, GradCAM, and GradCAM++, to visualize the model's decision-making process.
dc.identifier.citation16th Biomedical Engineering International Conference Bmeicon 2024, 2024
dc.identifier.doi10.1109/BMEiCON64021.2024.10896324
dc.identifier.other2-s2.0-105000335591
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.kmitl.ac.th/handle/123456789/15459
dc.source16th Biomedical Engineering International Conference Bmeicon 2024
dc.subjectbreast cancer
dc.subjectdeep learning
dc.subjectDenseNet
dc.subjectExplainable AI
dc.subjectGrad-CAM
dc.subjectGrad-CAM++
dc.subjectLIME
dc.subjectmammography
dc.titleExplainable AI (XAI) for Breast Cancer Diagnosis
dc.typeConference Paper

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