Dermatologist-like explainable AI enhances melanoma diagnosis accuracy: eye-tracking study

Artificial intelligence (AI) systems substantially improve dermatologists’ diagnostic accuracy for melanoma, with explainable AI (XAI) systems further enhancing their confidence and trust in AI-driven decisions. Despite these advancements, there remains a critical need for objective evaluation of ho...

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Hauptverfasser: Chanda, Tirtha (VerfasserIn) , Haggenmueller, Sarah (VerfasserIn) , Bucher, Tabea-Clara (VerfasserIn) , Holland-Letz, Tim (VerfasserIn) , Kittler, Harald (VerfasserIn) , Tschandl, Philipp (VerfasserIn) , Heppt, Markus V. (VerfasserIn) , Berking, Carola (VerfasserIn) , Utikal, Jochen (VerfasserIn) , Schilling, Bastian (VerfasserIn) , Buerger, Claudia (VerfasserIn) , Navarrete-Dechent, Cristian (VerfasserIn) , Goebeler, Matthias (VerfasserIn) , Kather, Jakob Nikolas (VerfasserIn) , Schneider, Carolin V. (VerfasserIn) , Durani, Benjamin (VerfasserIn) , Durani, Hendrike (VerfasserIn) , Jansen, Martin (VerfasserIn) , Wacker, Juliane (VerfasserIn) , Wacker, Joerg (VerfasserIn) , Brinker, Titus Josef (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 21 May 2025
In: Nature Communications
Year: 2025, Jahrgang: 16, Pages: 1-10
ISSN:2041-1723
DOI:10.1038/s41467-025-59532-5
Online-Zugang:Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-59532-5
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Verfasserangaben:Tirtha Chanda, Sarah Haggenmueller, Tabea-Clara Bucher, Tim Holland-Letz, Harald Kittler, Philipp Tschandl, Markus V. Heppt, Carola Berking, Jochen S. Utikal, Bastian Schilling, Claudia Buerger, Cristian Navarrete-Dechent, Matthias Goebeler, Jakob Nikolas Kather, Carolin V. Schneider, Benjamin Durani, Hendrike Durani, Martin Jansen, Juliane Wacker, Joerg Wacker & Titus J. Brinker

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