TABLE 3.

Comparison of results between proposed model, mpcnn model and DRLS algorithm for all metrics over each reported feature.

Feature	IoU	MCC	Recall	Precision	F2	Method
Cyst Mean	0.417	0.517	0.604	0.823	0.570	Proposed Model
Cyst Std.	0.286	0.302	0.378	0.220	0.336
Nodule Mean	0.533	0.612	0.653	0.845	0.663
Nodule Std.	0.269	0.277	0.321	0.236	0.290
Thyroid Mean	0.739	0.813	0.869	0.843	0.846
Thyroid Std.	0.214	0.205	0.211	0.161	0.214
Cyst Mean	0.029	0.070	0.262	0.040	0.355	MPCCN model
Cyst Std.	0.055	0.121	0.360	0.088	0.355
Nodule Mean	0.069	−0.028	0.996	0.069	0.230
Nodule Std.	0.073	0.028	0.005	0.073	0.182
Thyroid Mean	0.142	−0.023	0.999	0.142	0.422
Thyroid Std.	0.074	0.019	0.002	0.074	0.162
Cyst Mean	0.222	0.357	0.999	0.222	0.438	DRLS algorithm
Cyst Std.	0.194	0.111	0.000	0.194	0.188
Nodule Mean	0.396	0.538	0.999	0.405	0.683
Nodule Std.	0.121	0.099	0.000	0.113	0.150
Thyroid Mean	0.451	0.595	0.999	0.450	0.787
Thyroid Std.	0.112	0.081	0.000	0.112	0.112