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SaliencyMap ¤

Bases: XAImethod_Base

XAI Method for Saliency Map (also called Backpropagation).

Normally, this class is used internally in the aucmedi.xai.decoder.xai_decoder in the AUCMEDI XAI module.

Reference - Implementation #1

Author: Yasuhiro Kubota
GitHub Profile: https://github.com/keisen
Date: Aug 11, 2020
https://github.com/keisen/tf-keras-vis/

Reference - Implementation #2

Author: Huynh Ngoc Anh
GitHub Profile: https://github.com/experiencor
Date: Jun 23, 2017
https://github.com/experiencor/deep-viz-keras/

Reference - Publication

Karen Simonyan, Andrea Vedaldi, Andrew Zisserman. 20 Dec 2013. Deep Inside Convolutional Networks: Visualising Image Classification Models and Saliency Maps.
https://arxiv.org/abs/1312.6034

This class provides functionality for running the compute_heatmap function, which computes a Saliency Map for an image with a model.

Source code in aucmedi/xai/methods/saliency.py
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class SaliencyMap(XAImethod_Base):
    """ XAI Method for Saliency Map (also called Backpropagation).

    Normally, this class is used internally in the [aucmedi.xai.decoder.xai_decoder][] in the AUCMEDI XAI module.

    ??? abstract "Reference - Implementation #1"
        Author: Yasuhiro Kubota <br>
        GitHub Profile: [https://github.com/keisen](https://github.com/keisen) <br>
        Date: Aug 11, 2020 <br>
        [https://github.com/keisen/tf-keras-vis/](https://github.com/keisen/tf-keras-vis/) <br>

    ??? abstract "Reference - Implementation #2"
        Author: Huynh Ngoc Anh <br>
        GitHub Profile: [https://github.com/experiencor](https://github.com/experiencor) <br>
        Date: Jun 23, 2017 <br>
        [https://github.com/experiencor/deep-viz-keras/](https://github.com/experiencor/deep-viz-keras/) <br>

    ??? abstract "Reference - Publication"
        Karen Simonyan, Andrea Vedaldi, Andrew Zisserman. 20 Dec 2013.
        Deep Inside Convolutional Networks: Visualising Image Classification Models and Saliency Maps.
        <br>
        [https://arxiv.org/abs/1312.6034](https://arxiv.org/abs/1312.6034)

    This class provides functionality for running the compute_heatmap function,
    which computes a Saliency Map for an image with a model.
    """
    def __init__(self, model, layerName=None):
        """ Initialization function for creating a Saliency Map as XAI Method object.

        Args:
            model (keras.model):               Keras model object.
            layerName (str):                   Not required in Saliency Maps, but defined by Abstract Base Class.
        """
        # Cache class parameters
        self.model = model

    #---------------------------------------------#
    #             Heatmap Computation             #
    #---------------------------------------------#
    def compute_heatmap(self, image, class_index, eps=1e-8):
        """ Core function for computing the Saliency Map for a provided image and for specific classification outcome.

        ???+ attention
            Be aware that the image has to be provided in batch format.

        Args:
            image (numpy.ndarray):              Image matrix encoded as NumPy Array (provided as one-element batch).
            class_index (int):                  Classification index for which the heatmap should be computed.
            eps (float):                        Epsilon for rounding.

        The returned heatmap is encoded within a range of [0,1]

        ???+ attention
            The shape of the returned heatmap is 2D -> batch and channel axis will be removed.

        Returns:
            heatmap (numpy.ndarray):            Computed Saliency Map for provided image.
        """
        # Compute gradient for desierd class index
        with tf.GradientTape() as tape:
            inputs = tf.cast(image, tf.float32)
            tape.watch(inputs)
            preds = self.model(inputs)
            loss = preds[:, class_index]
        gradient = tape.gradient(loss, inputs)
        # Obtain maximum gradient based on feature map of last conv layer
        gradient = tf.reduce_max(gradient, axis=-1)
        # Convert to NumPy & Remove batch axis
        heatmap = gradient.numpy()[0,:,:]

        # Intensity normalization to [0,1]
        numer = heatmap - np.min(heatmap)
        denom = (heatmap.max() - heatmap.min()) + eps
        heatmap = numer / denom

        # Return the resulting heatmap
        return heatmap

__init__(model, layerName=None) ¤

Initialization function for creating a Saliency Map as XAI Method object.

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default
model keras.model

Keras model object.

required
layerName str

Not required in Saliency Maps, but defined by Abstract Base Class.

None
Source code in aucmedi/xai/methods/saliency.py
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def __init__(self, model, layerName=None):
    """ Initialization function for creating a Saliency Map as XAI Method object.

    Args:
        model (keras.model):               Keras model object.
        layerName (str):                   Not required in Saliency Maps, but defined by Abstract Base Class.
    """
    # Cache class parameters
    self.model = model

compute_heatmap(image, class_index, eps=1e-08) ¤

Core function for computing the Saliency Map for a provided image and for specific classification outcome.

Attention

Be aware that the image has to be provided in batch format.

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default
image numpy.ndarray

Image matrix encoded as NumPy Array (provided as one-element batch).

required
class_index int

Classification index for which the heatmap should be computed.

required
eps float

Epsilon for rounding.

1e-08

The returned heatmap is encoded within a range of [0,1]

Attention

The shape of the returned heatmap is 2D -> batch and channel axis will be removed.

Returns:

Name Type Description
heatmap numpy.ndarray

Computed Saliency Map for provided image.

Source code in aucmedi/xai/methods/saliency.py
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def compute_heatmap(self, image, class_index, eps=1e-8):
    """ Core function for computing the Saliency Map for a provided image and for specific classification outcome.

    ???+ attention
        Be aware that the image has to be provided in batch format.

    Args:
        image (numpy.ndarray):              Image matrix encoded as NumPy Array (provided as one-element batch).
        class_index (int):                  Classification index for which the heatmap should be computed.
        eps (float):                        Epsilon for rounding.

    The returned heatmap is encoded within a range of [0,1]

    ???+ attention
        The shape of the returned heatmap is 2D -> batch and channel axis will be removed.

    Returns:
        heatmap (numpy.ndarray):            Computed Saliency Map for provided image.
    """
    # Compute gradient for desierd class index
    with tf.GradientTape() as tape:
        inputs = tf.cast(image, tf.float32)
        tape.watch(inputs)
        preds = self.model(inputs)
        loss = preds[:, class_index]
    gradient = tape.gradient(loss, inputs)
    # Obtain maximum gradient based on feature map of last conv layer
    gradient = tf.reduce_max(gradient, axis=-1)
    # Convert to NumPy & Remove batch axis
    heatmap = gradient.numpy()[0,:,:]

    # Intensity normalization to [0,1]
    numer = heatmap - np.min(heatmap)
    denom = (heatmap.max() - heatmap.min()) + eps
    heatmap = numer / denom

    # Return the resulting heatmap
    return heatmap