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Table 3 DSC comparisons with standard deviations

From: Fully automated, level set-based segmentation for knee MRIs using an adaptive force function and template: data from the osteoarthritis initiative

 

Segmented tissue

DSC

Sensitivity

Specificity

A recent knee segmentation [6]

Femoral cartilage

88.0 % (4.0 %)

88.0 % (4.00 %)

99.9 % (0.00 %)

Tibial cartilage

84.0 % (5.0 %)

89.0 % (6.00 %)

100 % (0.00 %)

Patellar cartilage

The localizing region-based active contour segmentation [13]

Femoral cartilage

80.0 % (2.14 %)

99.9 % (0.00 %)

99.9 % (0.00 %)

Tibial cartilage

81.3 % (2.19 %)

99.9 % (0.00 %)

99.9 % (0.00 %)

Patellar cartilage

73.3 % (5.44 %)

99.9 % (0.00 %)

99.9 % (0.00 %)

The proposed segmentation

Femoral cartilage

87.1 % (1.10 %)

90.6 % (2.22 %)

99.7 % (0.05 %)

Tibial cartilage

84.8 % (1.40 %)

87.5 % (3.82 %)

99.9 % (0.01 %)

Patellar cartilage

81.7 % (1.79 %)

90.2 % (1.24 %)

99.8% (0.04 %)