Medical AI models rely on 'shortcuts' that could lead to misdiagnosis of COVID-19

(University of Washington) University of Washington researchers examined multiple models recently put forward as potential tools for accurately detecting COVID-19 from chest X-rays. The team found that, rather than learning genuine medical pathology, these models rely instead on shortcut learning to draw spurious associations between medically irrelevant factors and disease status.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news