Table 4 Expert ratings of SHAP-based multimodal explanations.

From: Explainable federated transformer framework for joint leukemia classification and stage prediction

Evaluation criterion

Mean score (1–5)

Standard deviation

Relevance of visual SHAP highlights

4.6

0.41

Relevance of text token attributions

4.4

0.52

Alignment with clinical diagnostic reasoning

4.5

0.47

Usefulness in verifying model predictions

4.7

0.38

Helpfulness in ambiguous or borderline cases

4.3

0.55

Trust enhancement due to explanations

4.5

0.49

Perceived readiness for clinical deployment (explainability module)

4.2

0.59