Table 4.
Summary of studies that utilized convolutional neural networks to quantify parameters of kidney disease
| Study | Parameter of Interest | Modality | Number of Subjects | Sensitivity | Specificity | Positive Predictive Value | Negative Predictive Value | Accuracy | Area Under the Curve |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2D global slice-by-slice model in current report | Kidney fibrosis | CT | 92 | 0.817 | 0.852 | 0.886 | 0.767 | 0.831 | 0.917 |
| 2D U-Net voxel model in current report | Kidney fibrosis | CT | 92 | 0.853 | 0.916 | 0.935 | 0.816 | 0.879 | 0.922 |
| Abdeltawab (2019) (7) | Early transplant kidney dysfunction | MRI | 56 | 0.933 | 0.923 | NR | NR | 0.929 | 0.93 |
| Kuo (2019) (25) | eGFR | US | 1297 | 0.607 | 0.921 | NR | NR | 0.856 | 0.904 |
| Sabanayagam (2020) (26) | eGFR | RP | 6485 | 0.83 | 0.83 | 0.54 | 0.96 | NR | 0.911 |
| Chen (2020) (27) | Kidney tumors | CT | 100 | 0.77 | 0.93 | NR | NR | 0.9714 | NR |
2D, two-dimensional; CT, computed tomography; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; NR, not reported; US, ultrasound; RP, two-field retinal photography.