Table 7.
Visual assessment of the proposed ensemble and local histogram-based method. ECNN stands for the proposed Ensemble of Convolutional Networks method.
| MPV | MAE | Over. | Under. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (mean ± sd) | LH | ECNN | LH | ECNN | LH | ECNN | |
| NP | 73.2 ± 10.9 | 1.25 | 0.80 | 6.00 | 5.60 | 3.89 | 4.37 |
| RETIC | 10.0 ± 5.6 | 2.45 | 0.80 | 7.45 | 5.77 | 5.00 | 4.75 |
| PS | 3.2 ± 1.6 | 0.70 | 0.70 | 5.07 | 5.50 | 4.32 | 4.46 |
| CLE | 6.5 ± 9.2 | 1.45 | 0.80 | 6.33 | 5.33 | 4.17 | 4.23 |
| SUBPL | 1.5 ± 0.6 | 0.75 | 0.25 | 5.75 | 5.21 | 5.00 | 4.94 |
| GG | 1.2 ± 1.0 | 0.40 | 0.50 | 5.40 | 5.07 | 5.00 | 4.52 |
| NOD | 2.5 ± 3.8 | 0.00 | 1.15 | 5.00 | 6.15 | 5.00 | 5.00 |
| LINSC | 1.9 ± 0.9 | 1.40 | 0.70 | 6.37 | 5.70 | 4.78 | 5.00 |
| Sp. Cons.* | — | 2.6 | 1.10 | — | — | — | — |
| H. Prec.** | — | 2.35 | 0.85 | — | — | — | — |
| Mean | — | 1.33 | 0.76 | 5.92 | 5.54 | 4.64 | 4.66 |
*Spatial Consistency; **Hilar Precision.
MPV: Mean Percentage Volume, MAE: Mean Absolute Error, Over.: Overestimation, Under.: Underestimation.
LH stands for Local Histogram.