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Study investigates confidence intervals for medical AI performance

A new study published on arXiv investigates the reliability and precision of confidence intervals (CIs) in medical image analysis. Researchers conducted a large-scale empirical analysis across 24 segmentation and classification tasks, using 19 models per task and various performance metrics and CI methods. The findings highlight that the required sample size for reliable CIs varies significantly, and their behavior is heavily influenced by the choice of performance metric, aggregation strategy, and the specific machine learning problem (segmentation vs. classification). The study aims to provide a decision tree to guide the community in selecting appropriate CI methods for reporting performance uncertainty, paving the way for future consensus guidelines. AI

IMPACT This research provides critical insights into quantifying the uncertainty of AI models in medical imaging, which is essential for their safe and reliable clinical adoption.

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  1. arXiv cs.LG TIER_1 English(EN) · Pascaline Andr\'e (Sorbonne Universit\'e, Institut du Cerveau - Paris Brain Institute - ICM, CNRS, Inria, Inserm, AP-HP, H\^opital de la Piti\'e-Salp\^etri\`ere, Paris, France), Charles Heitz (Sorbonne Universit\'e, Institut du Cerveau - Paris Brain Inst… ·

    Performance uncertainty in medical image analysis: a large-scale investigation of confidence intervals

    arXiv:2601.17103v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Performance uncertainty quantification is essential for reliable validation and eventual clinical translation of medical imaging artificial intelligence (AI). Confidence intervals (CIs) play a central role in this process …