arxivquant-phcs.AIcs.LG2026-07-23
Do emulated quantum circuits change what CNNs look at? Performance and explainability comparison in medical image classification
Guillermo Rubiños Rodríguez, Martín Ottavianelli, Mateo Alonso, Gonzalo Blázquez Gil, Boris-Stephan Rauchmann, Pablo Díez-Valle, et al.
Numerous studies have analyzed the use of hybrid quantum-classical convolutional neural networks as a promising alternative to classical deep learning. However, network components on quantum hardware impose fundamental limitations, while the scalability of quantum circuits leads…