Research Article

Automatic Detection and Quantification of Acute Cerebral Infarct by Fuzzy Clustering and Histographic Characterization on Diffusion Weighted MR Imaging and Apparent Diffusion Coefficient Map

Table 1

Demographics and the statistics of the computer-assisted cerebral infarct segmentation results of individual patients after repeating the proposed method for 10 times.

PatientSexAgeDemar.Total infarct volume (mL) Vol.SI (%)Kappa (%)Sen. (%)Spe. (%)PPV (%)NPV (%)
Semi-auto.Auto.

1M730.270.1550.21236.6%84.66184.661100.00099.99973.529100.000
2M800.190.3580.3775.3%97.43897.438100.000100.00095.014100.000
3F690.210.3990.381−4.4%97.71697.71695.556100.000100.000100.000
4F840.220.4740.378−20.3%86.83586.83478.037100.00098.34999.998
5F700.20.5010.337−32.7%91.66291.66293.398100.00091.723100.000
6M630.190.5450.451−17.2%90.41390.41282.764100.000100.00099.999
7M550.20.6120.471−22.9%82.68482.68373.190100.00095.07299.998
8F660.150.6440.479−25.6%85.33285.33174.436100.000100.00099.998
9M610.210.7960.89512.5%94.14394.142100.00099.99988.938100.000
10M640.191.0031.0191.6%98.92798.92799.710100.00098.171100.000
11F750.251.6751.7947.1%94.37394.37297.61999.99891.56899.999
12F560.191.9661.497−23.9%86.43886.43476.140100.000100.00099.992
13F740.312.1413.23251.0%79.72279.715100.00099.98466.312100.000
14F860.143.7492.228−40.6%74.35974.34959.444100.000100.00099.977
15M760.194.1433.448−16.8%85.82785.81978.89899.99795.78999.987
16F870.1710.1088.351−17.4%90.45390.44082.621100.000100.00099.975
17F830.1612.65710.088−20.3%88.60388.58279.662100.00099.95299.958
18F570.1913.06313.4923.3%97.65697.65299.25499.99296.12499.999
19M720.1915.01411.611−22.7%87.18187.15977.332100.00099.99299.955
20M800.2446.82854.49716.4%92.42692.37499.99099.89485.933100.000
21M740.2256.51759.1474.7%97.52697.50399.79399.95695.36599.998
22M910.1482.939429.534−11.1%94.14793.67588.942100.000100.00099.056

Mean72.50.20−6.2%89.93389.90488.03699.99294.17499.949
STDEV10.40.0422.3%6.4606.44612.1170.0248.8860.200

Note: Demar.: the lowest intensity, above , of the infarcts demarcated by the neurologist; SI: similarity index; Sen.: sensitivity; Spe.: specificity; PPV: positive predictive value; NPV: negative predictive value; STDEV: standard deviation;