Table 5.
Scores by each reader for axillary lymph node (ALN) metastasis on visual analysis *.
| ALN Metastasis |
PET Type |
Reader 1 Scoring | Reader 2 Scoring | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Positive | Conventional | 1 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| DL | 2 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Negative | Conventional | 27 | 8 | 2 | 30 | 5 | 2 |
| DL | 23 | 10 | 4 | 28 | 6 | 3 | |
* Rated on a scale of 1–3 (1 = negative, 2 = intermediate, and 3 = positive). The numbers in the table indicate the number of breast cancers assigned to the indicated score. Positive, the group of patients positive for ALN metastasis (n = 14); Negative, the group of patients negative for ALN metastasis (n = 37); Conventional, PET with conventional reconstruction; DL, PET with deep learning restoration.