Table 1.
Superclasses used for training the classifiers | |||||||||
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Dataset | Spectra available | Classification | Meningioma | Aggressive | Low-grade glial | Subtotal | Cases from other classes | Total | |
problem | Method(s) | ||||||||
INTERPRET | Short TE (20-32 ms) | MCTT | LDA | 58 | 124 | 35 | 217 | 87 | 304 |
Long TE (135-144 ms) | MCTT | LDA | 55 | 109 | 31 | 195 | 71 | 266 | |
Short + Long TE | MCTT | LDA | 55 | 109 | 31 | 195 | 71 | 266 | |
Pseudotumoural | Tumoural |
Normal brain |
Subtotal | Cases from other classes | Total | ||||
IDI-Bellvitge | Short TE (30 ms) | T vs.PS | LDA | 19 | 46 | 5 | 70 | 0 | 70 |
Long TE (135 ms) | T vs.PS | LDA | 19 | 46 | 5 | 70 | 0 | 70 | |
Short + Long TE | T vs.PS | LDA and Ratios[14] | 19 | 46 | 5 | 70 | 0 | 70 |
Specifications of the two main datasets included in the system, the INTERPRET and the IDI-Bellvitge dataset. Each dataset has short and long TE spectra and both short and long TE spectra concatenated. Different classification problems have been analysed with these datasets. Furthermore, in the IDI-Bellvitge dataset, the same classification problem has been solved in two different ways, either by an LDA classification or by a peak height ratio-based classifier [14]. The INTERPRET dataset contains cases used for training the classifiers as well as from other less common types of tumours. Note that for INTERPRET the number of cases available at short and long TE is different. MCTT: Most common tumour types; T vs.PS: Tumour vs. pseudotumoural disease. See [4,13] for further details on superclass definition.