15 August 2020 : Clinical Research
Visual Interpretability in Computer-Assisted Diagnosis of Thyroid Nodules Using Ultrasound Images
Xi Wei1ADEFG, Jialin Zhu1ACDEF*, Haozhi Zhang2CDF, Hongyan Gao3BCF, Ruiguo Yu4BCD, Zhiqiang Liu4BCD, Xiangqian Zheng2BF, Ming Gao2AF, Sheng Zhang1ABDEFDOI: 10.12659/MSM.927007
Med Sci Monit 2020; 26:e927007
Table 1 Demographic and pathological features of the patients.
| Dataset | |
|---|---|
| Male, n (%) | 614 (24.67%) |
| Female, n (%) | 1875 (75.33%) |
| Age (years) | 45.29±13.45 |
| PTC | 1442 (98.23%) |
| MTC | 15 (1.02%) |
| FTC | 11 (0.75%) |
| Nodular goiter | 703 (68.85%) |
| Adenomatous goiter | 142 (13.91%) |
| Thyroid granuloma | 129 (12.63%) |
| Follicular adenoma | 47 (4.61%) |
| Malignant images, n (%) | 4504 (62.42%) |
| Benign images, n (%) | 2712 (37.58%) |
| PTC – Papillary thyroid carcinoma; MTC – Medullary thyroid carcinoma; FTC – Follicular thyroid carcinoma. | |