# MED-TEX: Transferring and Explaining Knowledge with Less Data from Pretrained Medical Imaging Models Source: [MED-TEX: Transferring and Explaining Knowledge with Less Data from Pretrained Medical Imaging Models]() Collection index: [llms.txt]() Data updated: 2025-10-25T23:53:05.688Z Authors: Thanh Nguyen-Duc, He Zhao, Jianfei Cai, Dinh Phung Published: 2020-08-06T11:50:32.000Z ## Abstract Deep learning methods usually require a large amount of training data and lack interpretability. In this paper, we propose a novel knowledge distillation and model interpretation framework for medical image classification that jointly solves the above two issues. Specifically, to address the data-hungry issue, a small student model is learned with less data by distilling knowledge from a cumbersome pretrained teacher model. To interpret the teacher model and assist the learning of the student, an explainer module is introduced to highlight the regions of an input that are important for the predictions of the teacher model. Furthermore, the joint framework is trained by a principled way derived from the information-theoretic perspective. Our framework outperforms on the knowledge distillation and model interpretation tasks compared to state-of-the-art methods on a fundus dataset. ## Recorded benchmark results A research result applies to its stated dataset, split, metric and evaluation configuration. Compare like-for-like settings, preserve the metric's unit and direction, and distinguish paper-reported results from independent reproduction. The best result recorded here is not a claim of exhaustive, current global coverage. ## Original sources and implementation [Original paper]() [PDF]()