Explaining deep learning for ECG analysis: Building blocks for auditing and knowledge discovery

Patrick Wagner, Temesgen Mehari, Wilhelm Haverkamp, Nils Strodthoff

Abstract: Highlights•Need for sanity checks to ensure the faithfulness of post-hoc attribution methods.•Aggregating local to glocal attribution maps to explain entire patient populations.•Using concept-based XAI to validate consistent use of ECG-based expert concepts.•Discovering subcategories from aggregated attributions hidden in raw signals.