Towards More Structure: Comparing TNM Staging Completeness and Processing Time of Text-Based Reports versus Fully Segmented and Annotated PET/CT Data of Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer

Figure 5

Factors influencing the segmentation time. (a) Scatter plot of NSCLC-lesion count versus segmentation time per lesion (grey): segmentation time per lesion slightly decreases with lesion count as shown by a linear regression line (black dotted). (b) Scatter plot of NSCLC-lesion count versus total segmentation time: the linear regression (black dotted) shows that total segmentation time increases with lesion count. (c) Scatter plot of lesion diameter versus segmentation time per lesion showing an increase in segmentation time with lesion diameter. (d) Box plots displaying the required segmentation time per individual lesion depending on its main category.

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