Hugging Face Daily PapersSebastián Andrés Cajas Ordóñez, Maximin Lange, Quang Bui1 min readpaperadvanced
ModaLens: Measuring Image Sensitivity in Report-Conditioned Medical VLMs
Summary
ModaLens introduces a paired image-swap audit to measure how radiology report availability affects image sensitivity in medical VLMs. It found that MedGemma-27B's answers changed significantly more often when the image was swapped if the report was not available, indicating reports reduce image reliance.
- ModaLens uses a paired image-swap audit to assess medical VLM image sensitivity.
- Report availability reduces a medical VLM's sensitivity to image changes by 16.7 percentage points.
- MedGemma-27B showed 4.26% answer changes with report vs. 20.94% without report on image swaps.
- The audit involves swapping images while keeping the question and report fixed.
This work is crucial for understanding and improving the reliability of medical VLMs, ensuring they leverage visual information appropriately rather than solely relying on textual reports.
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