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Table 2 Mean values and standard deviations of parameters that evaluate the contours generated by the three software, before and after the manual correction, for each organ of the prostate patients

From: Systematic evaluation of three different commercial software solutions for automatic segmentation for adaptive therapy in head-and-neck, prostate and pleural cancer

 

AA

MA

VA

AM

MM

VM

p value

CTV1

DSC, (SD)

0.86 (0.08)

0.79 (0.05)

0.76 (0.14)

0.88 (0.09)

0.81 (0.04)

0.82 (0.02)

 

Sensitivity, (SD)

0.82 (0.11)

0.72 (0.11)

0.70 (0.20)

0.85 (0.11)

0.76 (0.09)

0.82 (0.07)

 

IncI, (SD)

0.92 (0.05)

0.89 (0.07)

0.85 (0.06)

0.91 (0.06)

0.88 (0.03)

0.84 (0.07)

*

ΔV (%), (SD)

−11.48 (7.83)

−17.83 (17.60)

−17.70 (23.61)

−7.73 (6.32)

−13.15 (12.11)

−1.30 (15.18)

°

Δx (mm), (SD)

0.45 (0.33)

0.35 (0.24)

0.38 (0.52)

0.35 (0.24)

0.55 (0.40)

0.85 (0.58)

 

Δy (mm), (SD)

0.60 (0.64)

0.93 (0.56)

0.68 (0.56)

1.03 (1.01)

0.83 (0.50)

0.88 (0.90)

 

Δz (mm), (SD)

1.25 (1.44)

3.18 (2.39)

1.88 (1.25)

1.28 (1.02)

2.23 (1.19)

2.20 (0.60)

 

CTV2

DSC, (SD)

0.77 (0.06)

0.86 (0.01)

0.83 (0.02)

0.87 (0.08)

0.87 (0.01)

0.84 (0.01)

* ° =

Sensitivity, (SD)

0.67 (0.12)

0.87 (0.02)

0.84 (0.03)

0.86 (0.09)

0.87 (0.03)

0.85 (0.03)

* ° =

IncI, (SD)

0.93 (0.06)

0.85 (0.02)

0.82 (0.04)

0.88 (0.08)

0.86 (0.03)

0.84 (0.02)

* #

ΔV (%), (SD)

−27.46 (17.74)

2.54 (4.98)

2.78 (8.47)

−1.44 (8.11)

1.88 (7.6)

2.12 (6.31)

* #

Δx (mm), (SD)

1.63 (1.37)

0.45 (0.41)

0.35 (0.47)

0.98 (1.13)

0.48 (0.41)

0.58 (0.22)

 

Δy (mm), (SD)

3.54 (1.28)

2.58 (0.92)

2.55 (1.30)

2.23 (2.62)

2.85 (0.93)

2.68 (1.03)

 

Δz (mm), (SD)

1.28 (1.79)

1.28 (1.79)

1.90 (1.62)

1.58 (1.90)

2.23 (1.85)

1.90 (1.63)

 

Rectum

DSC, (SD)

0.77 (0.07)

0.75 (0.09)

0.75 (0.04)

0.90 (0.07)

0.87 (0.05)

0.86 (0.05)

 

Sensitivity, (SD)

0.88 (0.06)

0.70 (0.17)

0.72 (0.13)

0.92 (0.08)

0.89 (0.05)

0.87 (0.07)

* # ^

IncI , (SD)

0.69 (0.11)

0.84 (0.06)

0.79 (0.08)

0.88 (0.07)

0.86 (0.09)

0.86 (0.09)

 

ΔV (%), (SD)

30.2 (24.30)

−15.38 (24.1)

−7.06 (23.65)

4.7 (10.10)

5.2 (13.88)

2.34 (16.64)

* °

Δx (mm), (SD)

2.00 (1.78)

2.14 (1.46)

3.36 (1.70)

1.30 (2.11)

0.720 (0.71)

1.92 (1.70)

 

Δy (mm), (SD)

2.74 (1.81)

1.36 (0.85)

1.50 (1.71)

1.44 (1.15)

0.90 (0.30)

1.16 (0.76)

 

Δz (mm), (SD)

6.54 (5.33)

6.02 (5.25)

6.04 (4.16)

3.78 (4.05)

6.8 (3.71)

7.28 (5.11)

^

Bladder

DSC, (SD)

0.93 (0.03)

0.88 (0.07)

0.72 (0.15)

0.95 (0.04)

0.93 (0.02)

0.93 (0.02)

# °

Sensitivity, (SD)

0.93 (0.03)

0.88 (0.12)

0.67 (0.25)

0.96 (0.03)

0.96 (0.03)

0.93 (0.05)

=

IncI, (SD)

0.92 (0.06)

0.89 (0.04)

0.89 (0.13)

0.94 (0.04)

0.91 (0.03)

0.93 (0.05)

+

ΔV (%), (SD)

1.88 (8.29)

−1.70 (14.87)

−20.24 (43.21)

2.40 (3.90)

6.12 (5.89)

0.20 (8.79)

=

Δx (mm), (SD)

1.10 (0.16)

0.46 (0.46)

0.90 (0.67)

0.66 (0.53)

0.46 (0.46)

0.86 (1.01)

 

Δy (mm), (SD)

1.32 (1.53)

3.42 (3.98)

3.44 (4.06)

0.52 (0.56)

0.72 (0.57)

0.76 (0.34)

 

Δz (mm), (SD)

1.80 (0.66)

2.02 (1.12)

5.02 (2.92)

2.02 (2.28)

1.80 (1.19)

2.02 (1.43)

^

Bowel

DSC, (SD)

0.83 (0.10)

0.85 (0.09)

0.88 (0.03)

0.89 (0.12)

0.92 (0.02)

0.87 (0.09)

=

Sensitivity, (SD)

0.79 (0.15)

0.82 (0.14)

0.88 (0.03)

0.88 (0.18)

0.94 (0.02)

0.84 (0.15)

=

IncI, (SD)

0.89 (0.08)

0.90 (0.04)

0.88 (0.05)

0.91 (0.05)

0.91 (0.03)

0.91 (0.01)

 

ΔV (%), (SD)

−10.78 (17.74)

−9.12 (14.13)

−0.10 (6.50)

−3.38 (18.54)

2.36 (2.98)

−7.82 (15.27)

 

Δx (mm), (SD)

3.44 (2.63)

2.58 (1.84)

3.32 (3.06)

2.16 (1.79)

2.98 (1.40)

3.46 (3.36)

 

Δy (mm), (SD)

8.42 (3.68)

6.88 (3.90)

5.34 (3.72)

4.20 (5.56)

7.48 (3.82)

4.78 (5.87)

 

Δz (mm), (SD)

9.78 (10.21)

9.78 (12.15)

6.28 (4.43)

6.02 (11.39)

0.26 (0.58)

5.00 (11.18)

 

Femoral head right

DSC, (SD)

0.94 (0.04)

0.94 (0.02)

0.92 (0.03)

0.94 (0.04)

0.94 (0.01)

0.93 (0.02)

# ° =

Sensitivity, (SD)

0.94 (0.05)

0.96 (0.02)

0.94 (0.03)

0.94 (0.05)

0.95 (0.02)

0.95 (0.03)

°

IncI , (SD)

0.94 (0.04)

0.93 (0.03)

0.90 (0.04)

0.95 (0.04)

0.93 (0.03)

0.91 (0.03)

* # ° + ^ =

ΔV (%), (SD)

0.12 (4.98)

2.92 (4.63)

4.82 (4.53)

−0.18 (4.92)

2.76 (4.98)

4.22 (5.08)

°

Δx (mm), (SD)

0.16 (0.36)

0.36 (0.21)

0.46 (0.49)

0.16 (0.36)

0.36 (0.21)

0.64 (0.31)

 

Δy (mm), (SD)

0.18 (0.25)

0.36 (0.38)

0.74 (0.51)

0.26 (0.24)

0.36 (0.38)

0.92 (0.67)

 

Δz (mm), (SD)

1.76 (1.11)

1.76 (1.70)

1.76 (2.09)

1.78 (1.43)

2.02 (0.66)

2.04 (1.11)

 

Femoral head left

DSC, (SD)

0.94 (0.04)

0.94 (0.03)

0.92 (0.02)

0.94 (0.04)

0.94 (0.02)

0.92 (0.03)

* # ^

Sensitivity, (SD)

0.95 (0.04)

0.96 (0.02)

0.94 (0.02)

0.95 (0.04)

0.96 (0.02)

0.95 (0.03)

° =

IncI , (SD)

0.93 (0.05)

0.92 (0.05)

0.90 (0.04)

0.94 (0.05)

0.92 (0.04)

0.90 (0.05)

# ^

ΔV (%), (SD)

2.30 (5.73)

4.92 (6.06)

5.42 (6.47)

1.24 (6.01)

4.94 (5.70)

4.94 (7.35)

* # + ^

Δx (mm), (SD)

0.62 (0.91)

0.68 (0.67)

0.66 (0.49)

0.62 (0.91)

0.68 (0.67)

0.76 (0.44)

 

Δy (mm), (SD)

0.16 (0.36)

0.36 (0.38)

0.64 (0.31)

0.16 (0.36)

0.36 (0.38)

0.76 (0.51)

 

Δz (mm), (SD)

3.28 (1.91)

2.26 (1.85)

2.02 (1.92)

2.02 (1.43)

1.52 (1.04)

2.30 (1.37)

 
  1. For automatic segmentation: *AA vs. MA: p<0.043, #AA vs. VA: p<0.043, °MA vs. VA: p<0.043.
  2. For automatic segmentation+ manual correction: +AM vs. MM: p<0.043, ^AM vs. VM: p<0.043, =MM vs. VM: p<0.043.
  3. Abbreviations: CTV = Clinical target volume; SD = Standard deviation, DSC = DICE similarity coefficient, IncI = inclusiveness index, AA = Abas Automatic, MA = MiM Automatic, VA = Velocity Automatic, AM = Abas Manual Correction, MM = MiM Manual Correction, VM = Velocity Manual Correction.
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