Errors occurred in the standard deviation of the Dice similarity coefficient (DSC) described in the original publication [1]. A correction of standard deviation value has been made to abstract, results (Section 3.3, second paragraph), discussion (Section 4, first paragraph and fifth paragraph), as well as Tables 2 and 3.
Text Correction
In abstract, 0.97 ± 0.66 should be corrected to 0.97 ± 0.007, and 0.93 ± 0.16 should be corrected to 0.93 ± 0.002.
In Section 3.3. Segmentation Model, in the second paragraph, 0.97 ± 0.66 should be corrected to 0.97 ± 0.007, and 0.93 ± 0.16 should be corrected to 0.93 ± 0.002.
In Section 4. Discussion, in the first paragraph, 0.97 ± 0.66 should be corrected to 0.97 ± 0.007, 0.91 ± 0.16 should be corrected to 0.91 ± 0.002, 0.93 ± 0.16 should be corrected to 0.93 ± 0.002. In the fifth paragraph, 0.92 ± 0.01 28 should be corrected to 0.92 ± 0.01.
Table Correction
In the third to fifth lines of Table 2, the DSC value of 0.97 ± 0.66, 0.87 ± 2.46, 0.91 ± 0.16, 0.93 ± 0.16, and 0.87 ± 0.04 should be corrected to 0.97 ± 0.007, 0.87 ± 0.025, 0.91 ± 0.002, 0.93 ± 0.002, and 0.87 ± 0.0004, respectively.
Table 2.
Segmentation performance of the two-stage segmentation architecture.
| Aorta | Pulmonary Artery | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Model | DSC | Model | DSC |
| 1-AA | 0.97 ± 0.007 | 1-PA | 0.91 ± 0.002 |
| 2-PA | 0.93 ± 0.002 | ||
| 3D U-Net | 0.87 ± 0.025 | 3D U-Net | 0.87 ± 0.0004 |
1-AA, aorta segmentation model; 1-PA, one-channel pulmonary artery segmentation model by inputting non-contrast-enhanced image; 2-PA, two-channel model by inputting non-contrast-enhanced image and enhanced image; DSC, Dice similarity coefficient stage.
In the 15th and 21st lines of Table 3, the DSC value of 0.97 ± 0.66 should be corrected to 0.97 ± 0.007, and 0.93 ± 0.16 should be corrected to 0.93 ± 0.002.
Table 3.
Comparison of segmentation performance between the method in this research method and those in previous research.
| Method | DSC | |
|---|---|---|
| Aorta | 2016 Jang et al. [25] | 0.95 ± 0.02 |
| 2009 Išgum et al. [26] | 0.87 ± 0.03 | |
| 2012 Kurugol et al. [27] | 0.93 ± 0.01 | |
| 2013 Avila-Montes et al. [28] | 0.88 ± 0.05 | |
| 2017 Dasgupta et al. [29] | 0.88 ± 0.06 | |
| 2014 Xie et al. [30] | 0.93 ± 0.01 | |
| 2015 Kurugol et al. [31]. | 0.92 ± 0.01 | |
| 2019 Gamechi et al. [32] | 0.95 ± 0.01 | |
| 2018 Noothout et al. [33] | 0.91 ± 0.04 | |
| 2021 Lartaud et al. [34] | 0.92 ± 0.02 | |
| 2020 Haq et al. [35] | 0.75 ≤ DSC ≤ 0.94 | |
| 2020 Morris et al. [36] | 0.85 ± 0.03 | |
| 2021 Sedghi Gamechi et al. [37] | 0.96 ± 0.01 | |
| Proposed method | 0.97 ± 0.007 | |
| Pulmonary artery | 2015 Xie et al. [38] | 0.88 |
| 2018 López-Linares et al. [39] | 0.89 ± 0.07 | |
| 2020 Haq et al. [35] | 0.80 ≤ DSC ≤ 0.91 | |
| 2020 Morris et al. [36] | 0.85 ± 0.03 | |
| 2021 Sedghi Gamechi et al. [37] | 0.94 ± 0.02 | |
| Proposed method | 0.93 ± 0.002 |
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