Table 1

Sensitivity and specifity results

Method

Magnifications

Sensitivity (%)

Specificity (%)

Itti's

× 4

63.8 ± 5.8

62.5 ± 0.3

× 10

56.3 ± 5.8

60.3 ± 1.4

× 20

69.7 ± 2.8

73.5 ± 0.4

× 40

67.7 ± 3.8

73.8 ± 0.7

Achanta's

× 4

60.7 ± 8.8

62.6 ± 0.6

× 10

53.1 ± 7.8

60.6 ± 3.1

× 20

54.8 ± 5.8

69.6 ± 4.1

× 40

54.8 ± 3.8

74.7 ± 5.4

Ours

× 4

70.2 ± 13.8

56.5 ± 6.8

× 10

71.2 ± 9.8

52.1 ± 9.2

× 20

79.8 ± 6.8

77.6 ± 5.0

× 40

70.7 ± 8.8

75.8 ± 5.0

Sensitivity and specificity of the different evaluated methods at different microscopical objective enlargements for the whole set of correctly (wrongly) classified pixels.

Gutiérrez et al. Diagnostic Pathology 2011 6:26   doi:10.1186/1746-1596-6-26