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. 2019 Oct 25;9:15352. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-51832-3

Table 2.

Classification of subjects in the test dataset using the curriculum learning-based and baseline models.

AMC SNUBH
AUC Acc Sen Spe PPV NPV AUC Acc Sen Spe PPV NPV
Nodule Baseline 86.7 83.8 83.9 83.5 97.9 35.7 79.3 70.6 69.1. 77.4. 92.6 37.7

Curriculum

learning

92.8 96.1 98.2 75.8 97.4 82.1 82.7 85.3 89.9 66.5 91.7 61.6
Consolidation Baseline 87.3 90.8 92.2 68.9 97.9 37.4 84.5 77.7 77.2 80.4 95.7 38.4

Curriculum

learning

89.3 95.3 98.1 54.6 97.0 65.7 91.2 89.7 94.5 62.6 93.5 66.7

Interstitial

opacity

Baseline 97.5 98.1 98.4 88.5 99.7 60.5 98.9 96.1 96.5 94.4 98.4 88.0

Curriculum

learning

98.2 98.7 99.2 80.8 99.5 75.0 99.8 97.7 98.0 96.6 99.0 93.0

Pleural

effusion

Baseline 99.1 97.6 98.2 94.4 99.0 89.8 97.7 93.1 92.6 95.4 98.9 73.9

Curriculum

learning

99.3 98.1 98.6 94.8 99.1 92.1 98.9 95.3 95.1 96.4 99.2 81.1
Pneumothorax Baseline 94.8 97.2 97.9 80.0 99.3 57.8 97.1 95.6 96.4 91.4 98.2 84.3

Curriculum

learning

95.3 99.3 99.9 81.5 99.3 96.4 99.1 98.3 99.2 94.1 98.8 96.2
Abnormalities Baseline 96.7 92.2 80.2 98.8 97.5 90.2 99.9 98.2 98.4 99.5 99.9 92.8

Curriculum

learning

99.0 94.7 85.4 99.8 99.7 92.5 100.0 98.3 97.9 100.0 100.0 92.0

*Paired t-test; overall abnormalities: p < 2.667e-10, nodule[s]: p < 5.705e-05, consolidation: p < 0.002456, interstitial opacity: p < 0.01225, pleural effusion: p < 0.04229, and pneumothorax: p < 0.01329.

Abbreviations: AMC, Asan Medical Center; SNUBH, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital.