Malignancy diagnosis of liver lesion in contrast enhanced ultrasound using an end-to-end method based on deep learning

Table 1 Amount of the benign and malignant cases with their corresponding subtypes

Type	Subtype	Amount	Diagnoses Methods
Benign	HA	55	Histologic examination: 20 cases
	HA	55	Clinic follow-up: 35 cases
	HEM	60	Histologic examination: 35 cases
	HEM	60	Contrast MRI scanning: 25 cases
	FNH	13	Histologic examination
	RN	8	Histologic examination
Malignant	HCC	257	Histologic examination: 94 cases
	HCC	257	^aEASL guidelines [23] : 163 cases
	IHCC	7	Histologic examination
	HM	20	Histologic examination

Abbreviations: HA Hepatic abscess, HEM Hemangioma, FNH Focal nodular hyperplasia, RN Regenerative nodule, HCC Hepatocellular Carcinoma, IHCC Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma, HM Hepatic Metastasis
^aThe diagnosis was confirmed by following the EASL guidelines

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