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. 2021 Jul 7;49(2):517–526. doi: 10.1007/s00259-021-05473-2

Table 2.

PET uptake classification performance obtained with combined training of a convolutional neural network using 68Ga-PSMA-11 PET/CT and 18F-FDG PET/CT scans, evaluated on a hold-out test dataset of 68Ga-PSMA-11 PET/CT scans. Performance metrics determined by pooling findings of all subjects together are reported. Summary statistics for performance metrics determined at per-subject level are also reported. 95% confidence intervals obtained via bootstrap resampling at subject level are reported in brackets

Tracer 68Ga-PSMA-11
Classification output Nonsuspicious vs. suspicious
Summary statistic  Pooled (CI) Per-subject
Average Min Q1 Median Q3 Max
Performance metric
APa 80.4 (71.1, 87.8) - - - - - -
Recall 81.1 (70.6, 90.1) 85.2 11.1 73.8 100.0 100.0 100.0
PPVb 66.8 (60.3, 72.7) 65.5 0.0 50.0 68.3 100.0 100.0
True positives 159 (114, 209) 3.1 0 1 2 3 19
False positives 79 (58, 102) 1.5 0 0 1 2 8
False negatives 37 (18, 59) 0.7 0 0 0 1 8
Classification output Anatomical location
Performance metric
Accuracysuspicious 77.0 (70.0, 83.4) 78.4 0.0 57.5 95.0 100.0 100.0
Accuracyall 94.4 (92.4, 96.1) 94.1 78.6 90.9 94.9 100.0 100.0

aAverage precision

bPositive predictive value