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Table 5 Comparison of classification methods for thoracic diseases. The classification methods, measurements, and best results in the review are shown in each column, respectively

From: Computer-aided detection in chest radiography based on artificial intelligence: a survey

 

Methods

Measurements

Best results

Traditional machine learning methods

Maharanobis distance [70]

AUC

Lung nodules: 85%

KNN [67]

Sensitivity

Lung nodules 4FP/image: 67%

ANN [71]

Sensitivity

Lung nodules 5.05FP/image: 70.1%

SVM [30, 65, 89, 104]

Sensitivity, accuracy

Specificity, AUC

Lung nodules: sensitivity 5FP/image: 83.3%

Tuberculosis: accuracy 82.8%, specificity 86.8%, sensitivity 78.8%

Cardiomegaly: accuracy 76.5%, sensitivity

77.1%, AUC 79.2%

Pleural effusion: AUC 80%

Septum enlargement: AUC 88.2%

Fisher linear discriminant [72]

Sensitivity

Lung nodules 4FP/image: 78.1%

Minimum distance [80]

Accuracy

Tuberculosis: 95.7%

Decision tree [81]

Accuracy

Tuberculosis: 94.9%

Bayesian classifier [88]

Sensitivity

Tuberculosis: 0.237 FP/image: 82.35%

Traditional machine learning methods + CNN

CNN transfer learning + SVM [75]

AUC

Right pleural effusion: 93%

Cardiomegaly: 89%

AlEXNET transfer learning + random forests [77]

Sensitivity, specificity

Lung nodules: 1.19FP/image: sensitivity 69.27%, specificity 96.02%

Deep learning methods

RESNET transfer learning [76]

Sensitivity

Specificity

Lung nodules: sensitivity 92%, specificity 86%

CNN transfer learning [90]

AUC, accuracy

Tuberculosis: 96.4%, 90.3%

CNN [101]

Sensitivity, accuracy, AUC, specificity

Cardiomegaly: 93%, 97%, 94%, 92%

GoogleNet CNN [106]

AUC

Cardiomegaly: 87.5%, pneumothorax: 86.1%, pleural effusion: 96.2%, pulmonary edema: 86.8%