How to gain valuable insight from scarce data with Machine Learning: a post-hoc explanation tool to identify biases in biological images classification
Clémence Bolut, Anastasia Pacary, Laetitia Pieruccioni, Marielle Ousset, Jenny Paupert, Louis Casteilla, David Simoncini
This study uses ML to classify regenerating vs. scarring mouse tissue images, finding models overfit to individual mice rather than biological features, but successfully extract relevant biological information when tasks align with data capabilities.
bioRxiv · Feb 20, 2026 · PreprintBioinformatics