Research Article

A Low-Interaction Automatic 3D Liver Segmentation Method Using Computed Tomography for Selective Internal Radiation Therapy

Table 2

Comparative results between the proposed algorithm and manual gold standard.

NumberManual segmentation volumes (mL)Average calculated volumes (mL)Absolute error (mL) ErrorAverage Dice coefficient

11458.801426.0032.80−2.250.94
24079.504180.67101.172.480.92
32419.182402.0017.18−0.710.90
41848.731855.336.600.360.90
51630.591649.3318.741.150.91
61568.821448.67120.15−7.660.91
71408.271358.6749.60−3.520.94
81331.811318.0013.81−1.040.94
92595.612637.3341.721.610.92
102651.202709.6758.472.210.91
111631.401703.3371.934.410.92
122892.982626.67266.31−9.210.90
131904.251966.0061.753.240.93
142704.792832.67127.874.730.93
151602.261545.6756.59−3.530.93
161565.971491.6774.30−4.740.93
172408.852376.0032.85−1.360.90
185336.285180.33155.95−2.920.93
191102.161139.3337.173.370.91
202363.252466.00102.754.350.94
211202.181102.5799.61−8.290.92
221801.651681.30120.35−6.680.93
231749.511647.10102.41−5.850.93
241558.691540.5318.16−1.170.95
251797.161642.74154.42−8.590.92
261749.791709.5440.25−2.300.94
271017.20974.5142.69−4.200.92
28942.02879.7262.30−6.610.91
292248.622062.40186.22−8.280.91
301006.68944.8161.87−6.150.92
31798.90753.6745.23−5.660.92
321591.801449.90141.90−8.910.92
332072.801975.4997.31−4.690.95
341753.761614.09139.68−7.960.92

Avg.1935.161890.9381.18−2.780.92
Std. dev.895.08901.4157.364.390.01