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Table 6 Comparison of conventional method (BUS) and proposed methods (CEUS, BUS+CEUS). All units except AUROC are in percent. Values in parentheses are 95 % confidence interval

From: Ceusia-Breast: computer-aided diagnosis with contrast enhanced ultrasound image analysis for breast lesions

Method

Conventional (BUS)

Ours (CEUS)

Ours (BUS+CEUS)

Number of selected features

5

5

7

AUROC

0.742 (0.642 - 0.833)

0.862 (0.792 - 0.924)

0.875 (0.795 - 0.936)

ACC

0.718 (0.650 - 0.767)

0.788 (0.717 - 0.850)

0.816 (0.750 - 0.883)

Precision (PPV)

0.737 (0.712 - 0.789)

0.825 (0.754 - 0.902)

0.841 (0.764 - 0.905)

Recall (Sensitivity)

0.947 (0.791 - 1.000)

0.898 (0.814 - 1.000)

0.920 (0.814 - 1.000)

F1

0.827 (0.771 - 0.860)

0.858 (0.817 - 0.899)

0.877 (0.828 - 0.921)

Specificity

0.140 (0.000 - 0.412)

0.510 (0.176 - 0.765)

0.550 (0.235 - 0.765)

NPV

0.402 (0.000 - 1.000)

0.680 (0.500 - 1.000)

0.749 (0.562 - 1.000)

  1. Bold numbers indicate the best method within each metric