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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: IEEE J Biomed Health Inform. 2014 Jun 4;19(2):648–659. doi: 10.1109/JBHI.2014.2328870

TABLE I.

Overview of Features for SVM Classification

No. Feature Category
1 Area 2D geometric
2 Diameter (max dimension on largest area
slice)
2D geometric
3 Eccentricity = ellipse foci / major axis length 2D geometric
4 Circularity = Area/[π(Diameter/2)^2] 2D geometric
5 Volume 3D geometric
6 Elongation = max(dx, dy, dz) / min(dx, dy, dz) 3D geometric
7 Compact1 = projection on x-y plane / (dx*dy) 3D geometric
8 Compact2 = (dx*dy*dz) / [max(dx, dy, dz)]^3 3D geometric
9-10 Mean and stdev of square compactness 3D geometric
11-16 Min, max, mean, stdev, skewness, and kurtosis 2D intensity
17-18 Inside vs. outside mean and stdev separation 2D intensity
19 Inside vs. outside contrast 2D intensity
20-23 Mean, stdev, skewness, and kurtosis 3D intensity
24-25 Inside vs. outside mean and stdev separation 3D intensity
26 Inside vs. outside contrast 3D intensity
27 XY gradient magnitude separation inside 2D gradient
28-29 Radial gradient mean and stdev inside 2D gradient
30-31 Radial gradient mean and stdev outside 2D gradient
32-33 Radial gradient mean and stdev separation 2D gradient
34-35 Mean and stdev of 3D gradient magnitude 3D gradient
36-37 Radial gradient mean and stdev inside 3D gradient
38-39 Radial gradient mean and stdev outside 3D gradient
40-41 Radial gradient mean and stdev separation 3D gradient
42-45 Min, max, mean and stdev of tubeness 3D Hessian
46-49 Min, max, mean and stdev of blobness 3D Hessian